Representatives of the Radioactive Waste Repository Authority (SÚRAO) welcomed students to the Richard repository on the outskirts of Litoměřice. After a technical introduction, the group toured the underground facilities, where a lively discussion ensued. The participants were interested in the entire process of radioactive waste management – from its creation and processing to ensuring operational and long-term safety.
In the afternoon, the group moved to the RINGEN research center. Antonín Tym, manager of this research infrastructure at Charles University, gave an introductory lecture on the possibilities of using geothermal energy and the specifics of various technical solutions. Information about the current PUSH-IT and SYNERGYS projects was also presented.
Petr Dědeček from the Geophysical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences supplemented the technical insight by giving examples of measurements in infrastructure wells, what can be gleaned from the measurements, and how these results are useful. The program concluded with a tour of the BTES1 drilling field, which is currently under construction and is the first visible implementation of the SYNERGYS project, and a tour of the head of the well-known 2.1 km deep Litoměřice borehole.
