Our Twitter account has been blocked due to an age issue. Therefore, we have now opened the MIND Facebook group as an alternative to this, but hopefully this will be resolved within shortly. https://www.facebook.com/groups/928136997269473/members/
Author: Birgitta Kalinowski

The third Project Annual Meeting is approaching!
We are looking forward to seeing you all in Lausanne! Do not forget to register.
Abstracts from the Project Annual meeting in Prague May 3-5 2017
The coordinators wish to thank all Minders for their contribution and Anders Lindblom for all work with the design of the volume. Keep up the excellent work! MIND_Abstract_2017
New deliverable available
The first year evaluation report is now available under Deliverables (D3.1).
MIND presented in the IGD-TP Newsletter #5
Read about the MIND project in Newsletter #5 from IGD-TP. Read more about IGD-TP on http://www.igdtp.eu/
PhD opportunity @ SCK•CEN, Mol (Belgium)
Within the MIND project, there is a PhD opportunity at SCK•CEN (Mol, Belgium). The aim of this project is to unravel the impact of microbial processes on cement in repository-like conditions and on bitumen (derivatives) at a high, cement-derived, pH. The expected outcome of both parts of the project is a detailed characterisation of microbial […]
Basic course in microbiology and nuclear waste disposal
The course is initiated by two pan-European programmes, Petrus-III and Microbiology In Nuclear waste Disposal (MIND). One important aim of the MIND project, granted by European Commission, is to raise awareness of the relevance of microbial issues in otherwise typically abiotic fields of ex-pertise, and to dissipate the knowledge gained in the MIND project to […]
New deliverable
Deliverable D3.2-1 Intermediate report on the methodology for the development of guidelines for risk communication is now available under Deliverables.
PETRUS-OPERA PhD and Early Stage Researcher Conference 2016
PETRUS-OPERA announcement_20160502
PhD position available at SCKCEN, Belgium
The Nuclear Research Centre in Belgium (SCK•CEN) is looking for PhD candidates. The topic is microbial processes in geological disposal of radioactive waste. The aim of the project is to unravel the impact of microbial processes on cement in repository-like conditions and on bitumen (derivatives) at a high, cement-derived, pH. The two parts of the […]
New deliverables
The website has been updated with new deliverables.

VLJ-repository in Olkiluoto
Low- and intermediate-level operating waste generated at the Olkiluoto power plant is finally disposed of in the VLJ-repository. It was commissioned in 1992 and consists of two rock silos, a hall connecting the two and auxiliary facilities constructed at a depth of 60-100 meters inside the bedrock. Low-level waste is deposited in the rock silo […]

Mont Terri Underground Rock Laboratory
The Mont Terri Underground Rock Laboratory (URL) is located in the Jura Mountains in Switzerland, 300 m below ground level. It provides access to the proposed host rock for deep geological disposal of radioactive waste in Switzerland, Opalinus Clay. There are numerous experiments ongoing at Mont Terri including several focused on the potential role of […]