NEA/RWM/IGSC(2015)1/REV1
In the post-closure phase of a deep geological repository for radioactive waste, significant quantities of gases may be generated from various sources. The most important gas generating process is an...
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11 March 2015
Releasing the site of a nuclear installation from radiological control is usually one of the last steps of decommissioning. To date, site release has been practised in a limited number of cases only ...
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27 September 2006
The radiological concept of clearance can be defined as the release of radioactive materials or buildings from any further regulatory control applied for radiological protection purposes by the compe...
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19 November 2008
NEA/CNRA/R(1999)4
In many countries the industrial activities for the decommissioning of shut down nuclear facilities have increased within the last ten years and are constantly increasing as older facilities retire a...
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17 April 2001
The removal of fuel from a permanently shutdown nuclear facility eliminates the major source of radiological hazard, a nuclear criticality. Combined with the cessation of operations at high temperatu...
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25 September 2008
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8 February 1996
Large quantities of materials arising from the decommissioning of nuclear facilities are non-radioactive per se. An additional significant share of materials is of very low-level or low-level radioac...
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16 August 2017
This document is the Rapporteur’s summary of the Workshop on Radiological Characterisation for Decommissioning, held in Nyköping, Sweden on 17-19 April 2012.
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30 April 2012
Established in 2014, the WGDECOM unites 19 experts from 12 countries in developing a process to better share radiological protection data.
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21 November 2023
The Working Group on the Radiological Protection Aspects of Decommissioning Activities at Nuclear Power Plants (WGDECOM) holds its 12th meeting in Germany
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13 December 2022
Radiological characterisation is a key enabling activity for the planning and implementation of nuclear facility decommissioning. Effective characterisation allows the extent, location and nature of ...
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11 February 2017
NEA/RWM/R(2016)1
Report findings are based on international expert responses to a questionnaire concerning radiological characterisation of materials and waste. Information obtained from this survey is accompanied by...
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10 May 2016
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2013)2
This is the final report of the Task Group on Radiological Characterisation and Decommissioning (RCD) of the Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD). It provides guidance on selection...
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5 August 2013
The release of radioactive materials from regulatory control is subject to release limits which are often based on published recommendations of international organisations, which aim to minimise radi...
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12 April 2006
The sixth workshop of the OECD/NEA Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) was hosted by ENRESA, the Spanish agency responsible for the management of radioactive waste and the dismantling of nuclear po...
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11 July 2007
This brochure describes the mandate, profile, focus areas and activities and publications of the RWMC Regulators’ Forum (RF).
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1 January 2009
Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) flyer on Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning at the NEA.
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8 April 2020
Radioactive waste management is the safe treatment, storage and disposal of liquid, solid and gas discharge from nuclear industry operations with the goal of protecting people and the environment.
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13 December 2019
Based on the NEA's 1999 Rome workshop on the Regulatory Aspects of Decommissioning, and on the experience from the NEA's Co-operative Programme for the Exchange of Scientific and Technical Informatio...
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8 June 2020
Nuclear decommissioning activities can greatly benefit from research and development (R&D) projects. This report examines applicable emergent technologies, current research efforts and innovation nee...
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21 July 2014
The NEA and CAEA held the NEA-China Forum on Nuclear Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Management in Beijing.
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23 October 2023
The "Back-End Week" convened members to discuss decommissioning and waste management activities.
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11 April 2024
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2007)3
At its seventh meeting, held at the NEA Offices in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on 23-25 October 2006, the Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) held a topical session on Emerging Is...
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3 May 2007
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2006)5
At the sixth meeting of the Working Parting on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD), held in Brussels, Belgium on 14-16 November 2005, a topical session concerning Stakeholder Involvement in Decomm...
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7 April 2006
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2009)3
At its ninth meeting (11-14 November 2008, at Senec, Slovak Republic), the WPDD held a topical session on Applying Decommissioning Experience to the Design and Operation of New Plants. In preparation...
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15 July 2009
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2008)8
At its ninth meeting, held at Harwell, UK on 7-9 November 2007, the Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) held a topical session on Human and Organisational Factors in Decommissioni...
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6 June 2008
The transition from an operating nuclear facility to the decommissioning phase is critical in the life cycle of every facility. A number of organisational and technical modifications are needed in or...
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25 May 2018
Nearly 100 experts from the NEA Analysis of Information from Reactor Buildings and Containment Vessels of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (ARC-F) Project and the Preparatory Study on Fuel Deb...
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3 August 2021
Low-level and very low-level waste represent the vast majority of radioactive waste by volume from decommissioning activity at nuclear facilities around the world, but they are only a small fraction...
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4 November 2020
The NEA Nuclear Waste Bulletin has been prepared by the Radiation Protection and Waste Management Division of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency to provide a means of communication amongst the various te...
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1 January 1999
The NEA Nuclear Waste Bulletin has been prepared by the Radiation Protection and Waste Management Division of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency to provide a means of communication amongst the various te...
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1 January 1997
Decommissioning of nuclear facilities and related remedial actions are currently being undertaken around the world to enable sites or parts of sites to be reused for other purposes. Remediation has g...
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18 August 2014
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5 August 2020
This NEST project led by JAEA/CLADS will be dedicated to advanced remote technology for decommissioning under intense gamma-ray radiation environments (e.g robotics, virtual reality).
A short program...
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18 February 2020
NEA News is the professional journal of the NEA. It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nuclear safety and regulatio...
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31 August 2022
NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...
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16 September 2013
NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...
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17 July 2012
NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...
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5 July 2011
NEA/RWM(2013)2/PROV
This document describes the mandates of the RWMC Regulators' Forum (RF) and the RWMC Working Parties FSC, IGSC and WPDD. Prepared for the 46th session of the RWMC held at the OECD Conference Center i...
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8 February 2013
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2013)3
This document describes the manadate of the Task Group on Nuclear Site Restoration, namely, to provide the member countries with up-to-date information and to develop consensus regarding the strategi...
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25 November 2013
The NEA Expert Group on Fukushima Waste Management and Decommissioning R&D (EGFWMD) was established in 2014 to offer advice to the authorities in Japan on the management of large quantities of on-sit...
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2 December 2016
La libération des sites d’installations nucléaires des contrôles radiologiques est généralement l’une des dernières étapes du déclassement. À ce jour, seul un petit nombre de projets en ont fait l’ob...
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27 September 2006
En radioprotection, on entend par « libération » la décision prise par l'autorité compétente de lever tous les contrôles réglementaires appliqués jusqu'alors aux matériaux et bâtiments radioactifs. C...
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31 December 2009
Une des préoccupations majeures exprimée dans la production d'éléctricité d'origine nucléaire est que le démantèlement (déconstruction à un niveau donné) d'installations en fine de vie représente un ...
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14 October 2005
Brochure du Comité de la gestion des déchets radioactifs (RWMC) de l’AEN sur « La gestion des déchets radioactifs et le demantèlement à l’AEN ».
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24 September 2020
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1 September 2022
Iwaki Business Innovation Center, Fukushima, Japan
The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation (NDF) are organising an international workshop on the characterisation of large quanti...
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17 August 2022
This document is a compilation of the abstracts, presentations and papers contributed to the International Symposium on Recycling of Metals Arising from Operation and Decommissioning of Nuclear Facil...
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10 April 2014
NEA/RWM/R(2016)2
This report summarises the presentations and discussions held at the International Symposium on Preparation for Decommisssioning (PREDEC2016), held at the Lyon Convention Center, France, on 16-18 Feb...
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13 October 2017
The present document is a compilation of abstracts, papers, and presentations contributed to the International Symposium on Preparation of Decommissioning held in Lyon, France on 16-18 February 2016....
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16 February 2016
Cost estimation for the decommissioning of nuclear facilities can vary considerably in format, content and practice both within and across countries. These differences may have legitimate reasons but...
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2 March 2012