New and alternative technologies in nuclear waste management

Research project	Project manager
Advanced nuclear fuel cycles – new separation technologies	Risto Harjula, HYRL
Advanced Fuel Cycles – Computational Fuel Cycle Analysis	Tuomas Viitanen, VTT
Transmutation of nuclear waste in an ADS (FLUTRA)	Rainer Salomaa, Aalto

Safety research in nuclear waste management

Safety case (coordinated project LS-TUPER, project coordinator is presented in bold)

Research project	Project manager
Safety case for final disposal (LS-TUPER)	Markus Olin, VTT
Safety case for final disposal (LS-TUPER)	Juhani Suksi, HYRL
Complementary considerations of the safety case TUPER/GTK	Lasse Ahonen, GTK
Safety case for final disposal (LS-TUPER); computational model development	Antti Lempinen, Ludus Mundi Oy

Buffer and backfill materials (coordinated project BOA, project coordinator is presented in bold)

Research project	Project manager
Assessment of bentonite characteristics (BOA)	Markus Olin, VTT
Assessment of bentonite characteristics (BOA)	Antti Niemistö, Numerola Oy
Assessment of bentonite characteristics: mineralogical studies at GTK (BOA/GTK)	Mia Tiljander, GTK
Phenomenological THM-modeling of bentonite	Markku Kataja, JYFL
Assessment of bentonite characteristics (BOA)	Ritva Serimaa, HYFL
The effect of colloids on radionuclide migration	Pirkko Hölttä, HYRL
The mechanical behaviour of bentonite and backfill block surfaces in shear stress	Leena Korkiala-Tanttu, Aalto

Canister (coordinated project L-TICO, project coordinator is presented in bold)

Research project	Project manager
Material Integrity of Welded Copper Overpack	Juhani Rantala, VTT
Mechanical properties of copper canister for nuclear waste	Hannu Hänninen, Aalto
Sulphide-induced embrittlement of CuOFP	Timo Saario, VTT
Corrosion monitoring under disposal vault conditions	Timo Saario, VTT
Corrosion of copper by water under oxygen free conditions	Antero Pehkonen, Aalto

Other safety related studies

Research project	Project manager
In situ long term diffusion experiments	Marja Siitari-Kauppi, HYRL
Sorption of trivalent actinides onto clay and (hydr)oxide minerals	Nina Huittinen, HYRL
Including heterogeneous rock structure in the modeling of matrix diffusion	Jussi Timonen, JYFL
Microbiological characterization of deep subsurface groundwaters (Geomikro)	Merja Itävaara, VTT
Saline fluids, gases and microbes in crystalline bedrock (SALAMI)	Ilmo Kukkonen, GTK
Deep bedrock bioinformatics (GEOBIOINFO)	Juho Rousu, Aalto
Durability of engineered concrete barriers under final disposal conditions (subproject 1)	Jari Puttonen, Aalto
Durability of engineered concrete barriers under final disposal conditions (subproject 2)	Eila Lehmus, VTT
Release of 14C (Carbon-14)	Kaija Ollila, VTT
Use of empirical data to improve radioecological modeling applied to risk assessment of radioactive waste	Jukka Juutilainen, UEF
Risks of microbiologically influenced corrosion in the Finnish nuclear waste repository	Leena Carpén, VTT

Social science studies related to nuclear waste management

Research project	Project manager
International Socio-Technical and Safety Challenges for Implementing Geological Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel - Finland and EU - FInSOTEC-2012-2014	Tapio Litmanen, JY