CP BELBaR Clay Training Course

Training Course: “Swelling clays: From compacted bentonite to clay colloids in the context of nuclear waste disposal”
organized within the EU project CP BELBaR (www.skb.se/lagerbladet___33716.aspx).

The Training course aims at Master and PhD students as well as early-carrier Post-Docs working

in the broad field of clay mineralogy and/or nuclear waste disposal. The course comprises both overview and introductory lectures from experts in the field and hands-on training on state-of-the-art analytical techniques used in the characterization of clays, clay colloids and the interaction of clay colloids with radionuclides.

The workshop will be held at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE) (www.ine.kit.edu) from October 14-16, 2015.

To register please send an Email to florian.huber∂kit.edu using the subject “BELBaR course registration”.

The deadline for registration is the 23.09.2015. Please note the limitation in the number of participants (max. 20 persons; “first come first serve”).

Flyer is available here.