A Selection of Recent Publications

The following list contains a selection of recent publications by Quintessa staff in the refereed literature, conference proceedings and public-domain reports. If you would like copies of any of these publications, please contact the Quintessa authors.

• Amano K, Martin A and Matsubara N (2005) Breakthrough of multiple collision tectonics in the South Fossa Magna, central Japan. Earth Monthly (in press).
• Amano K, Martin A and Yoda N (2003) Collided Blocks of the South Fossa Magna, Field guide, 110th Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of Japan, Shizuoka, Japan G: 1-14.
• Bath A H, Richards, H.G., Metcalfe R, McCartney, R., Degnan, P. and Littleboy, A.K. (2005). In Press. Geochemical Indicators of Deep Groundwater Movements at Sellafield, UK. Journal of Geochemical Exploration.
• Benbow S J and Watson C E, “Raiden 3: User Guide”, Quintessa Report QRS-1259A-1 v1.0 (2004).
• Benbow S J, Watson S P, Savage D and Robinson P C, Vault-Scale Modelling of pH Buffering Capacity in Crushed Granite Backfills, Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate report SKI 04:17, April 2004.
• Black J H and Hodgkinson D P (2005). Äspö Task Force on Modelling of Groundwater Flow and Transport of Solutes: Review of Task 6C. Quintessa report QRS-1178B-2, Version 1.0.SKB R Report, in publication, 2005.
• Black J H, Michie U M, Savage D and Noy D. (2003) Understanding Groundwater Flow and Radionuclide Transport at the Dounreay Shaft. Quintessa Report to UKAEA: 54324/2/REP/QNT/0347/IS/01.
• Black J H, Michie U M, and Savage D (2004) Preliminary Post-Closure safety case for the D1225 Shaft at Dounreay: Characterisation Report. Quintessa Report to UKAEA: 54324/2/REP/QNT/0250/IS/02.
• Bowden R A (2004). Building confidence in geological models. In Geological Prior Information: Informing Science and Engineering. Editors A Curtis and R Wood. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 239, 157-173.
• Côme B, Béon O, Albrecht A, Gallerand M O, Little R H and Strenge D L (2004). Evaluating Multimedia Exposure Codes: the BIOSCOMP Exercise. BROWNFIELDS 2004, Siena.
• Cooper N S, Stone D M and Penfold J S S (2003). Investigation of the Potential Significance of Modelling Historic Releases from Drigg, BNFL Drigg Technical Programme Report DTP/220, June 2003.
• Espejo, R, Egan M J, Heriard-Dubreuil, G and Vila d¹Abadal, M (2005). Radioactive Waste Management: A Participatory Approach to Increase the Influence of Local Actors on the National Decision-Making Process. The 10th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management, September 4-8, 2005, Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, ICEM05-1314.
• Egan M J (2004). Preliminary Post-Closure Safety Case for the D1225 Shaft at Dounreay: Best Practicable Environmental Option for the End State of the Shaft. UKAEA report 54324/2/REP/QNT/061/IS/03, August 2004.
• Egan M J, Kane P and Thorne M C (2003). Derivation and Documentation of the Drigg EFEPs List. BNFL Drigg Technical Programme Report DTP/04, February 2003.
• Egan M J (2003). Systematic Approach Tools and Procedures. BNFL Drigg Technical Programme Report DTP/110, May 2003.
• Egan M J (2003). Approach to Assessing Future Human Actions and Disruptive Events for the 2002 Drigg PCRSA, BNFL Drigg Technical Programme Report DTP/112, February 2003.
• Egan M J and Fowler L (2003). PCRSA Context. BNFL Drigg Technical Programme Report DTP/115, May 2003.
• Egan M J and Kane P (2003). Basis for the Identification of Calculation Cases. BNFL Drigg Technical Programme Report DTP/130, May 2003.
• Egan M J, Penfold J S S and Collier G D (2003). Best Practicable Environmental Option for Radioactive Waste Disposal at Nuclear Sites, Environment Agency R&D Technical Report P3-094/TR1, March 2003.
• Egan M J, Thorne M C, Little R H and Pasco R F (2003). Analysis of Critical Issues in Biosphere Assessment Modelling and Site Investigation. SSI Rapport 2003:12, Swedish Radiation Protection Authority, Stockholm, July 2003.
• Egan M J, Collier D, Stone A and Keep M (2003). BPEO as a Guide to Decision Making in the Authorisation of Radioactive Waste Discharges. VALDOR 2003 Symposium on Transparency in Risk Assessment and Decision Making, Stockholm, 9-13 June, 2003.
• Hama, K., Kunimaru, T., and Metcalfe R. (2005). The hydrogeochemistry of argillaceous rock formations at the Horonobe URL site, Japan. Proceedings of Clays in Natural and Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement. Tours, 14-18 March 2005, France. 399.
• Hodgkinson D P and Black J H (2005). Äspö Task Force on Modelling of Groundwater Flow and Transport of Solutes: Review of Tasks 6A, 6B and 6B2. Quintessa report QRS-1178B-1, Version 1.0. SKB TR Report, in publication, 2005.
• Iwatsuki, T., Arthur, R., Ota, K. and Metcalfe R. (2004). Solubility constraints on uranium concentrations in groundwaters of the Tono uranium deposit, Japan. Radiochimica. Acta 92, 789-796.
• Kunimaru, T., and Metcalfe R. (2003). Isotopic study of the groundwater at Horonobe, northern Hokkaido, Japan. Proceedings of the V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Kurashiki, Japan.
• Leung H, Little R H, Penfold J S S and Egan M J (2005). Preliminary Post-Closure Safety Assessment of Repository Concepts for Low-Level Radioactive Waste at the Bruce Site, Ontario. Paper presented at the Canadian Nuclear Society Conference on Waste Management, Decommissioning and Environmental Restoration for Canada's Nuclear Activities: Current Practices and Future Needs, 8-11 May 2005, Ottawa, Ontario.
• Little R H (2005). Biosphere Support to NUMO's Biosphere Assessment Programme During Financial Year 2004: User Requirements for an Assessment Biosphere Management System. Quintessa Report QRS-1111D-1, Version 1.0, February 2005.
• Little R H (2004). Biosphere Support to NUMO's Biosphere Assessment Programme During Financial Year 2003: The Identification and Justification of an Assessment Biosphere for an Estuary Receptor. Quintessa Report QRS-1111C-1, Version 1.0, July 2004.
• Little R H and Egan M J (2004). Biosphere Support to NUMO's Biosphere Assessment Programme During Financial Year 2003: The Identification and Justification of Assessment Biospheres with Climate Change. Quintessa Report QRS-1111C-6, Version 1.0, July 2004.
• Little R H and Smith G M (2004). Biosphere Support to JNC's Biosphere Assessment Programme During Financial Year 2003: Implications for JNC of the BIOCLIM, BioMoSA, and BIOPROTA Biosphere Programmes. Quintessa Report QRS-1036D-1, Version 1.0, July 2004.
• Little R H, Penfold J S S, Egan M J and Leung H (2004). Preliminary Post-Closure Safety Assessment of Repository Concepts for Low-Level Radioactive Waste at the Bruce Site, Ontario. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Disposal of Low Activity Radioactive Waste, 13-17 December 2004, Cordoba, Spain.
• Little R H (2004). Preliminary Post-Closure Safety Case for the D1225 Shaft, Dounreay: Inventory Report. 54324/2/REP/QNT/0463/IS/03, October 2004.
• Little R H and Watson C E (2004). Generic Post-Closure Safety Assessment and Derivation of Activity Limits for the Borehole Disposal Concept: A Further Study, Quintessa Report QRS-1128C-1 v2.0, Quintessa Limited, Henley-on-Thames.
• Little R H, van Blerk J, Walke R C and Bowden R A (2004). Generic Post-Closure Safety Assessment and Derivation of Activity Limits for the Borehole Disposal Concept. Quintessa Report QRS-1128A-6 v2.0, Quintessa Limited, Henley-on-Thames, UK.
• Little R H, Robinson P C, Humphreys P and Schneider J (2003). The Application of the AMBER Software Tool to the Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste. 6th Slovak-Czech Seminar on the Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste, Piestany, 26-28 August 2003.
• Little R H, Maul P R and Penfold J S S (2003). Assessment of Radioactive and Non-Radioactive Contaminants found in Low Level Radioactive Waste Streams. WM'03 Conference, February 2003, Tucson, Arizona.
• Little R H and Penfold J S S (2003). Preliminary Safety Assessment of Concepts for a Permanent Waste Repository at the Western Waste Management Facility Bruce Site: Summary Report. Quintessa Report QRS-1027B-2 v1.0. Henley-on-Thames, United Kingdom.
• Martin A, Umeda K, Connor C B, Weller J N, Zhao D and Takahashi M (2004) Modeling long-term volcanic hazards through Bayesian inference: An example from the Tohoku volcanic arc, Japan. Journal of Geophysical Research 109: doi:10.1029/2004JB003201.
• Martin A, Takahashi M, Yusa Y and Umeda K (2003) Probabilistic methods for estimating the long-term spatial characteristics of monogenetic volcanoes in Japan. Acta Geophysica 51: 271-289.
• Martin A, Umeda K and Yusa Y (2003) Probabilistic approaches for predicting the long-term spatial and temporal characteristics of monogenetic volcanoes: application to two monogenetic volcano fields in Japan. JNC Technical Review 18: 59 – 70.
• Martin A (2004) Modeling the long-term future patterns of faulting and volcanism in Japan through point processes and Bayesian inference. JNC research fellowship detailed report, JNC TN1400-2004-015.
• Martin A (2004) Combining geophysical data to volcano data through Bayesian inference to model long-term spatial patterns on the regional (NE Honshu) and local (Higashi-Izu) scale JNC research fellowship annual report, JNC TN1400 2004-001: 84-97.
• Martin A (2003) Modeling the long-term future patterns of faulting and volcanism the Higashi-Izu Monogenetic volcano Group. JNC research fellowship annual report, JNC TN1400 2003-009: 97-108.
• Martin A, Amano K, Saegusa H and Matsuoka T (2005) Geoscientific studies in the Mizunami underground research laboratory – A method for evaluating uncertainty of fault distribution. Japan Earth and Planetary Science Joint Meeting G018P-021.
• Martin A and Umeda K (2005) Coupling 3D geophysical data to volcanic hazard assessments through Bayesian inference. Japan Earth and Planetary Science Joint Meeting, G018-006.
• Martin A (2005) Volcanic hazard assessments for high level radioactive waste facilities in Japan. US DOE Workshop: Alternative models - Probabilistic volcanic hazard analysis update (PVHA-U), Yucca Mountain Project, Las Vegas, USA.
• Martin A, Takahashi M, Yusa Y, Umeda K and Tanemaru M (2003) Joining geothermal data by Bayesian inference to improve volcanic risk assessment. IUGG, Abstracts Week A V13/04P/A01-004, 564.
• Martin A, Takahashi M, Yusa Y, Umeda K and Tanemaru M. (2003) Utilizing point processes to model vent alignments and shifts in the Higashi-Izu Monogenetic Volcano Group, Japan. EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France, P1861, 565.
• Maul P R, Benbow S J, Bond, A., Kwong, S., Paulley, A., Penfold J S S, Robinson P C, Walke R C, Watson C E and Watson S P, “SimER: An Advanced Computer Code For The Simulation Of Environmental Risks Associated With Site End Points” in Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management ICEM05-1097 (2005).
• Maul P R, Robinson P C, Broed R, Avila R, Pereira A and Xu S, AMBER and EcoLego Intercomparisons using Calculations from SR 97. Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate report SKI 2003:28 ( also SSI 2003:11).
• Maul P R, Robinson P C, Broed R and Avila R. Further AMBER and EcoLego Intercomparisons. Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate report SKI 2004:05 (also SSI 2004:01).
• Maul P R and Robinson P C An Assessment of SKB's Performance Assessment Calculations in the Interim Main Report for the Safety Assessment SR-Can. Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate report SKI 2005:07.
• Maul P R, Robinson P C, Walke R C, Thorne M C and Evans E (2005). Development and Implementation of a New, Dynamic Soil-Plant-Animal Model for Use in Assessing the Impacts on Terrestrial Foodchains of Routine and Accidental Atmospheric Releases of Contaminants. To appear in Proceedings of the Seventh Internal Symposium of the Society for Radiological Protection.
• Maul P R, Thorne M C, Robinson P C and Walke R C (2004). The PRISM Foodchain Modelling Software: Version 2.0 Technical Guide. Quintessa report QRS-1198A-5 version 1.0.
• Maul P R, Savage D, Benbow S J, Walke R C and Bruin R (2004). Development of a FEP Database for the Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide. To appear in the proceedings of the 7th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies International Conference (GHGT7).
• Metcalfe R, Takase H, Sasao, S., Ota, K., Iwatsuki, T., Arthur, R.A., Stenhouse, M.J., Zhou, W., and Mackenzie, A.B (2005). In Press. A system model for the origin and evolution of the Tono uranium deposit, Japan. Geochemistry, exploration, environment, analysis.
• Metcalfe R, Takase H, Savage D, Benbow S J, Ohsumi, T., Ueda, A., Haga, D. and Kato, K. (2003). Evaluating the feasibility of CO2 sequestration in geothermal fields: coupled simulations of fluid flow and reaction. Proceedings of Gas-Water-Rock interactions induced by reservoir exploitation, CO2 sequestration and other geological storage, 18th-20th November, Reuil-Malmaison, France.
• Metcalfe R, Takase H, Sasao, E., Ota, K., Iwatsuki, T., Arthur, R.C., Stenhouse, M., Zhou, W. and MacKenzie, A.B. (2003). The Tono Natural Analogue Project: a system model for the origin and evolution of the Tono uranium deposit, Japan. Proceedings of the V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Kurashiki, Japan.
• Metcalfe R, Hama, K., Amano, K., Iwatsuki, T, and Saegusa, H. (2003). Geochemical approaches to understanding a deep groundwater flow system in the Tono area, Gifu-ken, Japan. In: Nishigaki, M. et al. (ed). Proceedings of IS-OKAYAMA2003: An International Symposium on Groundwater Problems related to Geo-Environment. Okayama, 28th - 30th May 2003. Balkema, Amsterdam, 555-561.
• Metcalfe R and Walker, C. (eds) (2004). Proceedings of the international workshop on bentonite-cement interaction in repository environments. Nuclear Waste Management Organisation of Japan (NUMO) report NUMO-TR-04-05 (also published by POSIVA as Working Report 2004-25).
• Okubo, S., Suyama, Y., Bowden R A, Yoshimura, K., Toida, M. and Metcalfe R. (2004). Uncertainty assessment of geological modelling using evidential support logic. Geophysical Exploration, 57,403-409.
• Penfold J S S, Little R H, Bowden R A, and Egan M J (2003). Preliminary Safety Assessment of Concepts for a Permanent Waste Repository at the Western Waste Management Facility Bruce Site. Quintessa Report QRS-1027B-1 v1.0. Henley-on-Thames, United Kingdom.
• Penfold J S S (2004). Preliminary Post-Closure Safety Case for the D1225 Shaft at Dounreay: Summary of the Post-Closure Safety Case. UKAEA report 54324/2/REP/QNT/0385/IS/03, October 2004.
• Penfold J S S (2004). Preliminary Post-Closure Safety Case for the D1225 Shaft at Dounreay: Main Report. UKAEA report 54324/2/REP/QNT/0313/IS/03, October 2004.
• Penfold J S S (2004). Preliminary Post-Closure Safety Case for the D1225 Shaft at Dounreay: Potential for the Shaft to Act as a Source of Irradiated Particles to the Environment. UKAEA report 54324/2/REP/QNT/0271/IS/03, October 2004.
• Penfold J S S (2004). Preliminary Post-Closure Safety Case for the D1225 Shaft at Dounreay: Overview Report. UKAEA report 54324/2/REP/QNT/0270/IS/03, October 2004.
• Penfold J S S and Walke R C (2004). Preliminary Post-Closure Safety Case for the D1225 Shaft at Dounreay: Performance Assessment. Quintessa Report Number QRS-1186B-1, Version 1.0, August 2004.
• Penfold J S S, Little R H, Bowden R A and Egan M J (2003). Preliminary Safety Assessment of Concepts for a Low Level Waste Permanent Repository at the Western Waste Management Facility Bruce Site. Quintessa Report to Municipality of Kincardine and Ontario Power Generation. QRS-1127B-1, version 1.0 March 2003.
• Penfold J S S and Cooper N S (2003). Assessment Results for Future Human Actions and Disruptive Events for the 2002 Drigg PCRSA, BNFL Drigg Technical Programme Report DTP/119, February 2003.
• Penfold J S S (2003). Calculation Cases, Models and Data for the Assessment of Future Human Actions and Disruptive Events, BNFL Drigg Technical Programme Report DTP/135, February 2003.
• Penfold J S S (2003). Good practice guidance for the management of contaminated land on nuclear and defence sites (four page summary). http://www.safegrounds.com/summary.htm
• Robinson P C, Watson C E, Maul P R and Evans, E., Implementation of the PRISM 2.0 Models and some Illustrative Applications, in Proceedings of the Seventh Internal Symposium of the Society for Radiological Protection (2005).
• Savage D, Maul P R, Benbow S J. and Walke R C. (2004) The IEA Weyburn CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project: Assessment of long-term performance and safety. European Commission Report.
• Savage D, Metcalfe R, Takase H, Ohsumi, T., Ueda, A., Haga, D. and Kato, K. (2003) CO2 sequestration into geothermal fields: (3) Theoretical evaluation of CO2/water/rock interaction. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, V.M. Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts 67: A416.
• Savage D (2004) Barite as an indicator of cross-formational fluid flow. In Eleventh International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, (eds. R.B. Wanty and R.R. Seal), Saratoga Springs, USA, Balkema, Rotterdam, 303-306.
• Savage D, Maul P R, Benbow S J and Stenhouse, M. (2003) The assessment of the long-term fate of carbon dioxide in geological systems. In Coping with Climate Change, 25-27 March 2003. Geological Society of London Online Extended Abstracts.
• Savage D, Walker, C., Arthur, R., Rochelle, C. and Oda, C. (2005) Alteration of bentonite by hyperalkaline fluids: the role of secondary minerals. Clays in Natural and Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement, Tours, 2005, ANDRA, France, 327-328.
• Seo, T., Tsuchi, H., Metcalfe R, Suyama, Y., Takase H, Bowden R A, Toida, M., Furuichi, M., Matsumura, A., Yoshimura, M. and Horio, A. (2004). A decision making methodology taking into account uncertainties and its possible application for the selection of preliminary investigation areas. Proceedings of DisTec 2004, 26th - 28th April, Berlin, 82-88.
• Sjölander A and Egan M J (2003). Valuing our Values: Conflicts Between Principles and Practice. VALDOR 2003 Symposium on Transparency in Risk Assessment and Decision Making, Stockholm, 9-13 June, 2003.
• Smith G M and Little R H (2003). Review of JGC's Report on the Development of a Methodology for Site Characterisation for Use in the Development of Specific Assessment Biospheres. Quintessa/Enviros Report for NUMO, QRS-1111B-3 v1.0, Henley-on-Thames, UK.
• Stenhouse, M.J. and Savage D (2004) Monitoring experience associated with nuclear waste disposal and its application to CO2 sequestration projects In Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide (eds. S.J. Baines and R.H. Worden), Geological Society Special Publication 233: 235-247.
• Takahashi M and Martin A (2004). Where will volcanoes erupt in the Japanese islands a hundred thousand years from now? – Special reference to the long-term stability of magmatic feeder systems. Earth Monthly 26: 386-394.
• Takase H and Kato K (2005). Reasoning with Imperfect Information: A Structured Approach to Handling Subjective Uncertainty. The 10th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management. September 4-8, 2005, Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, ICEM05-1293.
• Takase H (2004).Discussion on PA model development for bentonite barriers affected by chemical interaction with concrete: Do we have enough evidence to support bentonite stability, International Workshop on Bentonite - Cement Interaction in Repository Environments, April 14-16, 2004, Tokyo, Japan.
• Tanaka T, Aoki H, Martin A, Oshita K, Nozaki K and Onishi M (2004). Subsurface structure under a basaltic monogenetic volcano near the active Atera Fault. Tectonophysics 378: 197-208.
• Tsuchi, H., Seo, T., Metcalfe R, Kawano, K., Takase H, Bowden R A, Suyama, Y., Toida, M., Furuichi, M., Matsumura, A. and Yoshimura, M. (2003). Study on a decision making methodology with uncertainties in the selection process of preliminary investigation areas. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 807, 21-26.
• Umeki, H, Ueda, H, Takase H and Yamada K (2004). An Approach to Analysing Potential Effects of Pre-Closure Processes on the Long-term Safety of a Geological Repository, Engineered Barrier Systems (EBS). Workshop on Process Issues; A workshop organised by the OECD/Nuclear Energy Agency in co-operation with the European Commission and hosted by US-DOE Las Vegas NV USA, 14-17, September 2004.
• Umeki, H, Sakabe, Y, Ueda, H, Takahashi, Y, McKinley, I G, Takase H, Shimbo, H and Ijiri, Y (2004). Managing Uncertainty on Site Characteristics for the Design of a High-Level Radioactive Waste Repository, 3rd Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium “Contribution of Rock Mechanics to the New Century”, November 30 December 2, 2004, Kyoto, Japan.
• Umeki, H, Naito, M and Takase H (2004). Uncertainty Governance: An Integrated Framework for Integrating and Communicating Uncertainties. Management of Uncertainties in Safety Cases and the Role of Risk, OECD-NEA Workshop Proceedings, Stockholm, Sweden, 2-4 February 2004.
• Walke R C, Longworth J K, Little R H, Venter A and Miller, B W (2004). The Practical Application of the AMBER Software Tool to Support Environmental Decision Making. BROWNFIELDS 2004, Siena.
• Walke R C, Little R H, Watkins B M, Smith G M and Punt A G (2004). The Further Identification and Justification of an Assessment Biosphere for a Marine Receptor. Quintessa Report QRS-1111C-4 v1.0, Henley-on-Thames, UK.
• Walke R C and Penfold J S S (2004). Preliminary Post-Closure Safety Case for the D1225 Shaft at Dounreay: Performance Assessment. UKAEA report 54324/2/REP/QNT/0314/IS/03, October 2004.
• Watkins B M and Little R H (2004). Development of a Check List of Assessment Biospheres. Quintessa Report for NUMO, QRS-1111C-5 v1.0, Henley-on-Thames, UK.
• Watkins B M, Egan M J, Little R H and Smith G M (2003). Climate Change in Biosphere Assessments. Quintessa/Enviros Report QRS-1036C-4 Version 1.0, Henley-on-Thames, UK.
• Watkins B M, Little R H, Walke R C, and Smith G M (2003). Development of Assessment Contexts for Japanese Generic Site Concepts. Quintessa/Enviros Report for NUMO, QRS-1111B-1 v1.0, Henley-on-Thames, UK.
• Watkins B M, Walke R C, Little R H, and Smith G M (2003). Development of Protocol for Japanese Site Concept Assessment Biospheres. Quintessa/Enviros Report for NUMO, QRS-1111B-2 v1.0, Henley-on-Thames, UK.
• Watson C E, Hane, K. and Benbow S J, “Comparison Between the Raiden 3 and PRECIP Coupled Reaction-Transport Codes: The Interaction of Bentonite with Cementitious Fluid”, Quintessa Report QRS-1259A-2 v1.0 (2004).
• Watson C E and Robinson P C, The PRISM Foodchain Modelling Software: Version 2.0 User Guide, Quintessa Report QRS-1198A-6 v1.0 (2005).
• Watson S P, Hodgkinson D P and Robinson P C (2004). Waste Package Scenarios Modelling Phase 5: Improved Modelling of Organics. Quintessa report QRS-1064E-1, Version 2.0 for UK Nirex Limited.
• Watson S P (2005). Representation of Physical Containment in a Repository-scale model: Examination of Mixing Scales. Quintessa report QRS-1220A-1 Version 2.0 for UK Nirex Limited.
• Wilmot R and Robinson P C. The Issue of Risk Dilution in Risk Assessments. Iin Management of Uncertainty in Safety Cases and the Role of Risk Workshop Proceedings Stockholm, Sweden 2-4 February 2004, OECD 2004.
• Wilson, J., Ragnarsdottir, K.V., Savage D, Cuadros, J., Cressey, G., Cressey, B. and Shibata, M. (2005) The effect of iron on bentonite stability: an investigation into reactions between native Fe, magnetite, montmorillonite and aqueous solutions. Clays in Natural and Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement, Tours, 2005, ANDRA, France, 39-40.
• Wilson, J., Cressey, G., Cressey, B., Ragnarsdottir, K.V., Savage D, Cuadros, J. and Shibata, M. (2005) The effect of iron on bentonite stability. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, V.M. Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts 69: A425.
• Yoshida, H., Takeuchi, M., and Metcalfe R. (2005). Long-term stability of flow-path structures in crystalline rocks distributed in an orogenic belt, Japan. Engineering Geology, 78, 275-284.
• Benbow S J, Metcalfe R and Egan M J. “Handling uncertainty in safety assessments for long term geological storage of CO_2 ”, in Proceedings of the 8^th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, 2006 (to appear).
• Metcalfe R Ueda A., Kato K., Ohsumi T., Yajima T., Ito H., Kaieda H., Takase H, Savage D, Benbow S J. “The feasibility of sequestering CO2 in geothermal systems: a theoretical evaluation”, in Proceedings of the 8^th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, 2006 (to appear).
• Benbow S J, Watson C E and Savage D. “Investigating conceptual models for physical property couplings in solid solution models of cement”, SKI Report 05:64 (2005)