This abstract describes the scope and the layout of workshop W08 on Uranium mining – lessons to learn for waste disposal in view of participation and safety.

This workshop aims to bring together experts in both fundamental research on radionuclide chemistry and mobility and its applications to repository safety. It intends to facilitate knowledge exchange between the two fields, promoting more coordinated and goal-oriented safety research.

In this project, an assessment tool is developed to evaluate the applicability of AI methods in geosciences with respect to key geological activities in the site selection process. The results show that AI should not have any decision-making power when used in the site selection process. It is strongly recommended that all methods should be evaluated and validated iteratively and that the results should be made publicly available when applied to the key activities of the site selection process.

We try to assess the integrity of storage sites for nuclear waste in case of an earthquake, particularly for sites in crystalline rocks, such as granite.

In areas of enigmatic hydrology, water scarcity, and transboundary water resources, management strategies should rely on comprehensive modeling which must be based on realistic geometry, including all relevant structural features. Based on available geophysical and geological data, a new faulting pattern in the Lower Yarmouk Gorge is suggested as a basis for hydrogeological modeling. Furthermore, unexpected pull-apart basin rim fault evolution is discussed in the context of tectonic collision.