Dirk Mallants

Affiliation

CSIRO

Biography

Dr Mallants is senior principal research scientist at CSIRO with a background in characterising and modelling water flow and contaminant transport in complex environments. He was previously overseeing safety assessments for the Belgian repository for high-level & low-level nuclear waste. He was also involved with nuclear waste disposal in Eastern Europe, Asia, and South America. In Australia he contributed to the South Australian Royal Commission into the NFC. He was subsequently hired as a subject matter expert for the NFC Consultation and Response Agency socialising the opportunities of expansion of the NFC in South Australia. He is currently developing the deep borehole disposal concept for disposal of intermediate level waste.