Published date:
22 September 2021
This document is a compilation of the presentations made at the 12th Meeting of the WPDD – A Special Seminar Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the WPDD, held at the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Is...
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11 November 2011
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9 October 2013
This brochure is published in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the NEA Regulators' Forum (RF). The document describes the history of RF, its major milestones, achievements, and vision for the...
Published date:
23 February 2023
NEA/RWM(2010)7
Long-term preservation of records, knowledge and memory is an important component of the RWMC programme of work. As part of its series of initiatives in this area, the RWMC surveyed national programm...
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26 March 2010
NEA/RWM/RF(2014)1/PROV
This document presents the proposed terms of reference for the 2015 RWMC-RF Workshop, Challenges to the Regulator in Construction, Licensing and Operation of Waste Repositories. Presented at the 17th...
Published date:
27 February 2014
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2004)16
This document contains the final programme of the second AMIGO Workshop on Linkage of Geoscientific Arguments and Evidence in Supporting the Safety Case, to be held in Toronto, Canada on 20-22 Septem...
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5 September 2005
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2007)4/PROV
This document outlines the preliminary programme and pre-registration steps to participate in the third AMIGO Workshop on Approaches and Challenges for the Use of Geological Information in the Safety...
Published date:
10 April 2007
NEA/RWM(2010)3
At RWMC-42 a decision was made to produce a flyer on the waste management profession. A few countries provided relevant materials. Discussions within the RWMC Bureau produced the hereby provided "vis...
Published date:
2 March 2010
NEA/RWM/R(2013)5
This study was originally commissioned by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy between 2008 and 2010. The intention was to investigate the state of the art on marking with a view to learning lessons fo...
Published date:
25 October 2013
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2009)9
This document has been prepared by the Nuclear Energy Agency’s (NEA’s) Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) in collaboration with the European Commission’s Directorate General for ...
Published date:
20 January 2010
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2012)4
This document was prepared by the Nuclear Energy Agency's (NEA) Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) in collaboration with the European Commission‟s Directorate General for Energy ...
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28 March 2012
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2008)12/REV1
This document has been prepared by the Nuclear Energy Agency’s (NEA) Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) in collaboration with the European Commission (DGTREN) and the IAEA. I...
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2 February 2009
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2008)12
This document has been prepared by the Nuclear Energy Agency’s (NEA) Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) in collaboration with the European Commission (DGTREN) and the IAEA. It is...
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4 November 2008
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2010)10
This document was prepared by the Nuclear Energy Agency's (NEA) Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) in collaboration with the European Commission‟s Directorate General for Ene...
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18 March 2011
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2006)10
This document has been prepared by the Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) in order to fulfil its role as an information centre within the NEA on international activities being pe...
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18 October 2006
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2005)3
This status report was prepared on behalf of the WPDD by its Task Group on the Decommissioning Safety Case. It reflects the viewpoints and materials of a topical session held in December 2001 plus th...
Published date:
11 February 2005
NEA/RWM/R(2012)2
This document is a synthesis of the 8th National Workshop and Community Visit of the Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) held in Östhammar, Sweden on 4-6 May 2011. Representatives of local, regiona...
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6 February 2012
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21 September 2006
NEA/RWM/CLAYCLUB(2005)2
The Clay Club is a working group on Characterisation, Understanding and Performance of Argillaceous Rocks as Repository Host Formations. This document outlines the agenda of its 15th meeting.
Published date:
28 July 2005
NEA/RWM/CPD(2012)1/PROV
This document is the provisional agenda of the 31st meeting of the CPD Management Board. It is the 4th meeting under the 2009 Agreement. The meeting was held at the NEA Offices in Issy-les-Moulineaux...
Published date:
29 October 2012
NEA/RWM/CPD(2013)1/REV1
This document is the agenda of the 32nd meeting of the Management Board of the Co-operative Programme for the Exchange of Scientific and Technical Information concerning Nuclear Installations Dec...
Published date:
9 January 2014
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2005)5
This document contains the agenda of the sixth session of the Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD), a Topical Session on Stakeholder Involvement in Decommissioning, held in Brussel...
Published date:
29 September 2005
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2003)3
This document contains the final programme of the Approaches and Methods for Integrating Geologic Information in the Safety Case (AMIGO) Workshop on Building Confidence using Multiple Lines of Eviden...
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22 May 2003
NEA/RWM/PEER(2006)1
It was the wish of the French Government that the NEA organise an international peer review of the Dossier 2005 Argile produced by the French National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management (Andra)....
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27 January 2006
NEA/RWM/R(2015)7
In 2012, the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) noted the needs of developing operational best practices and guidelines for geological repositories. Under the RWMC’s mandate, the Integrati...
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7 September 2015
NEA/RWM/RKM(2014)5
This document is collection of articles produced by the RK&M project team about strategic aspects of the preservation of records, knowledge and memory across generations. This compilation represent o...
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11 March 2014
En ansenlig internationell erfarenhet som inhämtats under de senaste 20 åren visar att kärntekniska anläggningar kan rivas och avvecklas på ett säkert sätt när ett beslut väl fattats att avsluta drif...
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11 February 2011
NEA/RWM(2014)3
This document aims at providing a starting point for discussing the usefulness of launching an international discussion and reflection on the basic elements, the concrete experiences and the challeng...
Published date:
27 February 2014
NEA/RWM/FSC(2017)1
Bridging Gaps: Developing Sustainable Intergenerational Decision Making in Radioactive Waste Management
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9 April 2021
NEA/RWM/R(2012)3/REV
This report presents the proceedings of a workshop on the roles, evolution and interactions of cementitious materials in geological disposal facilities for radioactive waste. The workshop was organis...
Published date:
2 March 2012
NEA/RWM/R(2015)9
Proceedings of the RWMC Regulators Forum Workshop held in Helsinki, Finland on 8-9 September 2015.
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16 December 2015
NEA/RWM/R(2020)2
The Expert Group on Characterisation Methodology of Unconventional and Legacy Waste (EGCUL) was established under the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) and it ...
Published date:
30 November 2021
NEA/RWM/R(2012)4
This essay focuses on the concepts of “willing potential host” and “willing host” communities in the context of radioactive waste management facility siting. Should criteria for defining these be spe...
Published date:
24 April 2012
NEA/RWM/CLAYCLUB(2013)1
This document contains the proceedings of the NEA Clay Club workshop on Clay Characterisation from Nanoscopic to Microscopic Resolution. The workshop was intented to provide a discussion platform on ...
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16 May 2013
The FSC workshop participants discussed best practices for community and youth engagement around the topic of radioactive waste disposal.
Published date:
26 October 2022
Ce dépliant résume la compréhension actuelle développée dans le cadre du projet international de l’AEN en matière de réversibilité et récupérabilité. Il présente également une Echelle de Récupérabili...
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1 November 2011
NEA/RWM/CPD(2006)2
This report describes generic results obtained by the CPD on available adequate methods of measurement. Although part of the information exchanged within CPD is confidential in nature and is restrict...
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16 October 2006
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28 September 2005
This report is aimed at safety assessors of deep geological repositories and at technical specialists concerned with radioactive waste disposal. It is intended to improve communication among interest...
Published date:
6 January 2000
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2006)3
The report is aimed at interested parties that already have some detailed background knowledge of safety assessment methodologies and safety cases, including safety assessment practitioners and regul...
Published date:
4 January 2007
NEA/RWM/RETREV(2001)2
The intention of this document is to provide an exploration of the relevant issues based on the current understanding and views of experts from the waste management community in NEA Member countries....
Published date:
17 September 2001
NEA/RWM/RF(2014)2
This document presents the most complete analysis of the use of the words control, oversight, etc. as used in NEA, IAEA and ICRP literature connected to radioactive waste disposal. It reveals the man...
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11 March 2014
NEA/RWM/R(2012)10
This cost control guide was prepared in response to the request from the OECD/NEA Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) – Decommissioning Cost Estimation Group (DCEG) to offer the i...
Published date:
13 February 2013
NEA/RWM(2014)4
This document outlines a proposal to establish a pilot group tasked with exploring the interface between storage and disposal. Presented at the 47th session of the RWMC on 26-27 March 2014.
Published date:
27 February 2014
Tout projet de gestion de déchets radioactifs à long terme durera vraisemblablement des décennies, voire des siècles. Il nécessitera un site et influera de bien de manières sur la communauté environn...
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14 June 2007
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8 February 2007
Radioactive waste management is an area of public interest in which stakeholder involvement has largely proven itself to be beneficial to all parties and processes concerned. With growing experience,...
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20 December 2004
Una delle preoccupazioni più diffuse in tema di produzione di energia elettrica da fonte nucleare è che la disattivazione degli impianti nucleari - ovvero il loro smantellamento fino allo stato final...
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30 September 2004
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2006)3/REV1
This status report is based on and reflects the viewpoints and materials from several NEA initiatives in connection with decommissioining of nuclear power facilities and with long-term nuclear liabil...
Published date:
5 September 2006
Considerable international experience gained over the last 20 years demonstrates that nuclear facilities can be safely dismantled and decommissioned once a decision is made to cease operations and pe...
Published date:
23 October 2009
One concern commonly expressed about electricity production from nuclear power is that the decommissioning (i.e.dismantling to a desirable end state) of the redundant radioactive facilities presents ...
Published date:
25 August 2004
NEA/RWM/R(2011)1
This report of the NEA Co-operative Programme on Decommissioning (CPD) presents the generic results obtained by a CPD Task Group on Decontamination and Dismantling (D&D) of Concrete Structures that u...
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28 July 2011
NEA/RWM/CPD(2010)3
This document was prepared by the Task Group on Decontamination and Dismantling (D&D) of Concrete Structures. It provides a comprehensive review of proven technologies and methods fro decontaminating...
Published date:
22 July 2010
NEA/RWM/R(2014)1
Sysnthesis and international perspective of the 9th Community Visit and National Workshop of the OECD NEA Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) held in the Czech Republic on 24-26 October 2012.
Published date:
10 January 2014
L’expérience internationale considérable accumulée au cours des 20 dernières années nous montre que les installations nucléaires peuvent être démantelées dans des conditions de sûreté, puis déclassée...
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5 May 2010
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26 October 2022
Venue: NH Hotel Berlin Mitte, Leipziger Str. 106-111, 10117, Berlin, Germany
Radioactive waste is produced in all phases of the nuclear fuel cycle and from the use of radioactive materials in industrial, medical, defence and research applications. Disposal in engineered repos...
Published date:
14 October 2022
This report presents a collective opinion of the Radioactive Waste Management Committee of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD/NEA) and of the International Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Com...
Published date:
1 January 1991
L’enlèvement des matières irradiées et plus particulièrement du combustible à l'issue de l'arrêt définitif d'une installation élimine la source principale de risque radiologique, le risque de critici...
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25 September 2008
Il presente rapporto, avente finalità di ampia divulgazione, contiene una sintetica panoramica delle problematiche associate alla disattivazione e allo smantellamento delle intallazioni nucleari ne P...
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30 September 2004
Le Comité de l'AEN de la gestion des déchets radioactifs (RWMC) réunit des représentants à haut niveau des agences de gestion des déchets radioactifs, des organismes de réglementation, des organes re...
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1 January 1999
Le dépôt des déchets radioactifs à vie longue dans des formations géologiques profondes fait l’objet d’études approfondies dans le monde entier dans le but de protéger l’homme et l’environnement, auj...
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19 July 2004
NEA/RWM/CPD(2013)1
This document is the draft agenda of the 32nd meeting of the Management Board of the Co-operative Programme for the Exchange of Scientific and Technical Information concerning Nuclear Installations D...
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5 November 2013
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7 July 2005
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2013)11
This document is the draft summary record of the 15th meeting of the Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC), held OECD Conference Centre, Paris, France on 10-11 October 2013.
Published date:
23 May 2014
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2005)4
This document contains the final programme and registration details of the EBS Workshop on Integration of Engineered Barrier Systems in the Safety Case: The Role of Modelling. The workshop is to be h...
Published date:
5 July 2005
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2005)4/PROV
This document contains the provisional programme and registation details for the EBS Workshop on the Integration of Engineered Barrier Systems in the Safety Case: The Role of Modelling. The workshop ...
Published date:
15 April 2005
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2004)11
This document contains the preliminary programme and registration details of the NEA's Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) workshop to be held in Las Vegas, USA on 14-17 September 2004.
Published date:
1 September 2004
L'idée d'isoler de l'environnement humain les déchets radioactifs à vie longue en les stockant dans des dépôts profonds remonte à plusieurs décennies. Depuis, les recherches réalisées dans le monde o...
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1 January 2000
The goal of EGCUL is to share state-of-the-art knowledge and experience in characterising a large amount of unknown waste derived from nuclear accidents and past nuclear activities.
Published date:
12 July 2022
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2013)2/PROV
This document describes the provisional Programme of Work (PoW) of the Expert Group on Operational Safety in 2013 to 2014. Work activities outlined here were approved by the EG-OS at their kickoff me...
Published date:
27 June 2013
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2013)2
This document describes the Programme of Work (PoW) of the Expert Group on Operational Safety in 2013 to 2014. Work activities outlined here were approved by the EG-OS at their kickoff meeting h...
Published date:
27 June 2013
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2014)1/PROV
Provisional agenda for the 2nd meeting of the Task Group on Fire Risk, held at the NEA Offices, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on 11 February 2014.
Published date:
7 February 2014
Safety assessments of disposal sites for radioactive waste involve analyses of potential releases of radionuclides from the disposed waste and subsequent transport to the human environment. An import...
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19 January 2000
Le présent rapport expose une position consensuelle sous la forme d’une Opinion collective du Comité de la gestion des déchets radioactifs (RWMC) de l’Agence de l’OCDE pour l’énergie nucléaire. Il tr...
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8 January 1995
À l’heure où s’achève la première phase du travail de DCM, le Comité de la gestion des déchets radioactifs (RWMC) de l’OCDE/AEN constate que le contexte a beaucoup changé depuis les années 80, quand ...
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1 March 2014
This 2009 brochure describes the FSC mandate and profile, key milestones, focus areas, activities and publications.
Published date:
1 August 2009
The Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) was established by the NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) in 2000 and serves as a platform for understanding stakeholder dialogue and discussi...
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20 January 2022
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7 July 2005
NEA/RWM/FSC(2002)1
Stakeholder Involvement and Confidence in the Process of Decision-making for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Finland, Turku, Finland, 15-16 November 2001
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19 February 2002
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28 April 2004
NEA/RWM/FSC(2006)7
The "COWAM Spain" Initiative and the Current Project under Consideration for a National Interim Storage Facility for Spent Fuel and High Level Waste: The Sixth Workshop of the Forum on Stakeholder Co...
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26 October 2006
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8 April 2005
NEA/RWM(2003)4/REV2
The Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) is the Radioactive Waste Management Committee's (RWMC) main support group to keep under review the world-wide experience of its participating organizations i...
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10 February 2003
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22 September 2021
Any long-term radioactive waste management project is likely to last decades to centuries. It requires a physical site and will impact in a variety of ways on the surrounding community over that whol...
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14 June 2007
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5 February 2007
NEA/RWM/RKM(2014)3/PROV
A Collective Statement of the NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee which describes the guiding principles of the Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations initiati...
Published date:
24 February 2014
At the end of its first phase of RK&M work, the OECD/NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) observed that the context has changed considerably since the 1980s, when RK&M preservation was t...
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1 March 2014
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3 May 2011
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15 March 2010
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24 May 2007
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26 October 2006
The concept of removing long-lived radioactive wastes from the human environment by disposal in deep geological repositories was developed several decades ago. In the intervening years, research effo...
Published date:
1 January 1999
Disposal in engineered facilities built in stable, deep geological formations is the reference solution for permanently isolating long-lived radioactive waste from the human biosphere. This managemen...
Published date:
13 March 2012
NEA/RWM(2011)16
Disposal in engineered facilities built in stable, deep geological formations is the reference solution for permanently isolating long-lived radioactive waste from the human biosphere. This managemen...
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28 November 2011
NEA/RWM(2001)6/rev1
The NEA Co-ordinating Group on Site Evaluation and Design of Experiments for Radioactive Waste Disposal (SEDE) decided in late 1998 to prepare a technical position paper on Going Underground for Test...
Published date:
8 June 2001
Peer reviews are a standard co-operative OECD working tool that offer member countries a framework to compare experiences and examine best practices in a host of areas. The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency...
Published date:
8 December 2014
This is the draft agenda of the Sixth International Conference on Geological Repositories (ICGR).
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17 July 2020
This is the concept paper of the Sixth International Conference on Geological Repositories (ICGR).
Published date:
17 July 2020
This document describes the exhibition details of the Sixth International Conference on Geological Repositories (ICGR).
Published date:
1 September 2020
This document provides hotel details for participants in the Sixth International Conference on Geological Repositories (ICGR).
Published date:
1 September 2020
This document describes the synthesis requirements for Master and PhD students to apply for the opportunities to deliver presentations in the Sixth International Conference on Geological Repositories...
Published date:
1 September 2020
La notevole esperienza internazionale acquisita negli ultimi venti anni dimostra che gli impianti nucleari possono essere disattivati e smantellati (decommissioning) in sicurezza alla fine del loro e...
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3 April 2010
NEA/RWM/R(2012)7
The main purpose of this status report is to increase awareness and understanding of the potential applications of indicators in the safety case, and provide support for further development in the ar...
Published date:
3 July 2012
NEA/RWM(2010)5
At its 2009 meeting, RWMC members were very positive on starting an initiative on long-term preservation of information and memory. The topic is broad and should be addressed in well-defined packages...
Published date:
3 February 2010
This brochure describes the IGSC’s mission, membership and operation, current issues and work programme, and publications.
Published date:
1 September 2009
NEA/RWM/R(2015)6
Geological disposal of high-level waste or spent nuclear fuel is a strategic area in the work program of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Radioactive Waste Management Committee (NEA RWMC). In 2012, the...
Published date:
3 August 2015
Worldwide consensus exists within the international community that geological repositories can provide the necessary long-term safety and security to isolate long-lived radioactive waste from the hum...
Published date:
10 December 2016
NEA/RWM/R(2019)1
Version 3.0 of the International Features, Events and Processes (IFEP) List for the Deep Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste. This is a comprehensive and structured list of generic FEPs, relevan...
Published date:
18 February 2019
NEA/RWM/R(2015)2
The aim of this analysis is to investigate the potential usefulness of mechanisms that have international influence, scope or support and are based on international co-operation, for the preservation...
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3 March 2015
International peer reviews as a working method is closely associated with OECD practice, where it is facilitated by the homogeneous membership and the high degree of trust shared by the member countr...
Published date:
17 November 2005
NEA/RWM/PEER(2005)1
International peer review as a working method is closely associated with the OECD, where it is facilitated by the homogeneous membership and the high degree of trust shared by the member countries. I...
Published date:
11 August 2005
NEA/RWM/PEER(2011)1
Over the past two decades the NEA, on behalf of requesting countries, has regularly organised international peer reviews of national safety reports in the field of geological disposal of radioactive ...
Published date:
26 April 2011
NEA/RWM/PEER(2005)2
International peer reviews of disposal safety cases are regularly carried out under the aegis of the RWMC. A checklist of questions is being provided in order to help the review teams prepare a final...
Published date:
11 August 2005
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2003)6
This international seminar, held in Tarragona, Spain on 2-4 September 2003, was conducted in connection with the entering of the Vandellòs-I nuclear power plant into the safestore period. The seminar...
Published date:
6 November 2003
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....
Published date:
16 February 2016
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...
Published date:
13 October 2017
The present leaflet summarises the current understanding developed in the NEA international project on reversibility and retrievability. The leafelt includes a generic Retrievability Scale that is ad...
Published date:
1 November 2011
The present leaflet summarises the current understanding developed in the NEA international project on reversibility and retrievability. The leaflet includes a generic Retrievability Scale that is ad...
Published date:
1 June 2011
NEA/RWM(2010)8
The work of the RWMC Regulators’ Forum on regulation and safety criteria for geological disposal of radioactive wastes, which culminated in the Tokyo workshop of January 2009, has identified a number...
Published date:
6 May 2010
The Nuclear Energy Agency carried out an independent peer review of Japan’s siting process and criteria for the geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste in May 2016. The review concluded t...
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20 January 2016
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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
NEA/RWM(2009)4/PROV
The RWMC has adopted knowledge consolidation and transfer as one of the pillars of the Committee’s modus operandi and work programme. This is seen as a natural enhancement of the RWMC role of advanci...
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4 March 2009
Les laboratoires de recherche souterrains sont des outils essentiels à l'acquisition de données scientifiques et techniques et d'expérience pratique nécessaires à la conception et à la construction d...
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20 November 2001
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
Le stockage des déchets radioactifs à haute activité dans des formations géologiques stables caractérisées par des écoulements d’eaux souterraines faibles est l’étape ultime de leur gestion. Les labo...
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1 February 2013
Les autorités réglementaires comptent parmi les principales parties prenantes dans le processus de prise de décision concernant la gestion des déchets radioactifs. Le Comité de l’AEN de la gestion de...
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4 June 2004
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
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28 April 2004
This report presents a synthesis of the key findings and experience of the NEA Forum on Stakeholder Confidence regarding the governance of long-term radioactive waste management. Most of the main fin...
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13 September 2004
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18 February 2008
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2005)15
This document presents a list of Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) documents that have been published since its launching in 2000. It consists of two parts, the first of which lists the pu...
Published date:
20 October 2005
NEA/RWM/R(2013)4
The study report explores the role, needs and expectations of local communities regarding monitoring and RK&M preservation of radioactive waste management (RWM) facilities, in particular deep geologi...
Published date:
21 January 2014
NEA/RWM/R(2013)4/PROV
This provisional study report explores the role, needs and expectations of local communities regarding monitoring and RK&M preservation of radioactive waste management (RWM) facilities, in partic...
Published date:
10 October 2013
NEA/RWM(2010)9/PROV
The RWMC is implementing its programme of work in the field of long-term preservation of information and memory. This document describes proposed goals and deliverables of a RWMC project over the per...
Published date:
18 May 2010
NEA/RWM(2010)12
In March 2010 a topical session was held on this subject during the plenary meeting of the RWMC with a view to identify common issues and, in due course, to start the RWMC first international project...
Published date:
25 June 2010
NEA/RWM/R(2014)3
The RK&M project seeks, among other things, to gain insights into the factors influencing the loss and recovery of knowledge and memory preservation in areas other than nuclear wastes. One area with ...
Published date:
18 March 2014
NEA/RWM/RF(2008)6
The last decade has seen significant progress in several countries on the siting of repositories for deep disposal of long-lived radioactive waste. In parallel with this, regulatory authorities have ...
Published date:
19 December 2008
NEA/RWM/CLAYCLUB(2004)6
This document reports the main items discussed and decisions made at the 14th Plenary Meeting of the NEA's Integration Group for the Safety Case's (IGSC) Clay Club, held at the ONDRAF/NIRAS offices i...
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1 December 2004
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10 November 2022
Lord Elgin Hotel - Ottawa, Canada
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21 November 2022
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2003)12
This document is the final programme of the NEA's Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) workshop on Management of Uncertainty in Safety Cases: The Role of Risk, held in Stockholm, Sweden on 2-...
Published date:
25 June 2003
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2013)1
This document describes the mandate of the IGSC Expert Group on Operational Safety (EG-OS) in 2013. The aim of the expert group is to identify, evaluate and help define international best practice in...
Published date:
1 July 2013
NEA/RWM(2014)9
This document is an overview of the mandate of the Expert Group on Predisposal Management of Radioactive Waste (PMRW). As an initial task, the PMRW will focus on main aspects related to activities in...
Published date:
17 July 2014
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2013)1/PROV
This document describes the provisional mandate of the IGSC Expert Group on Operational Safety (EG-OS). The aim of the expert group is to identify, evaluate and help define international best practic...
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25 February 2013
NEA/RWM(2014)7
This document describes the mandate of the RWMC Expert Group on Waste Inventorying and Reporting Methodology (EGIRM).
Published date:
26 June 2014
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
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/R(2014)4
Nations with nuclear power programmes are, or intend to, become engaged in planning to dispose of their higher-level and/or longer-lived radioactive waste in deep geologic repositories. If they remai...
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21 March 2014
NEA/RWM/RKM(2013)3/PROV
This document describes the path forward for the Minimal Set of Records subgroup under the aegis of the Expert Group on Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations.
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26 March 2013
NEA/RWM(2010)13
This document contains a summary of the actions taken at the Radioactive Waste Management Committee's (RWMC) Reversibility and Retrievability Project Meeting, held in Paris, France on 21-23 June 2010...
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20 September 2010
NEA/RWM/R(2014)2
This report presents a comprehensive look at the general monitoring information, practices and approaches used in the various national geological disposal programmes and elaborated in a number of int...
Published date:
26 February 2014
The NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) has underscored the environmental and ethical basis for geological disposal as well as its technical feasibility in a number of previous collecti...
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1 September 2008
NEA/RWM(2008)5/REV2
This document represents the final version of the collective statement of the Radioactiave Waste Management Committee (RWMC) on moving forward with geologic disposal. The intent is to produce a publi...
Published date:
12 June 2008
NEA/RWM/R(2020)3
The Workshop on the Multifactor Optimisation of Predisposal Management of Radioactive Waste held on 10-14 February 2020 fostered a rich exchange among participants that highlighted the broad spectrum...
Published date:
25 June 2021
NEA/RWM/R(2013)10
This document describes the proceedings of an IGSC international workshop was convened in Braunschweig, Germany on 5-7 September 2013, with the purpose of identifying and compiling information on kno...
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3 March 2014
The Regulators’ Forum (RF), the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) and the Committee on Decommissioning of Nuclear Installations (CDLM) held their annual plenary meetings and a joint commi...
Published date:
4 April 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...
Published date:
5 July 2011
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...
Published date:
22 February 2016
NEA/RWM(2011)14
The RK&M glossary defines important concepts and terminology for the purposes of the RK&M project. Compiled by the members of the project team, it is intended as a source of terms that are commonly u...
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7 November 2011
NEA/RWM(2011)14/REV3
The RK&M glossary defines important concepts and terminology for the purposes of the RK&M project. Compiled by the members of the project team, it is intended as a source of terms that are commonly u...
Published date:
31 October 2013
NEA/RWM(2011)14/REV2
The RK&M glossary defines important concepts and terminology for the purposes of the RK&M project. Compiled by the members of the project team, it is intended as a source of terms that are commonly u...
Published date:
23 October 2012
NEA/RWM(2011)14/REV4
The RK&M glossary defines important concepts and terms that are commonly used. It is under continuous development by the project team and represents a peer-reviewed set of terms. It should be pointed...
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3 March 2014
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22 July 2022
Sheraton Bucharest Hotel, Bucharest, Romania
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18 July 2022
The modelling of the key process of radionuclide sorption is of great importance in assessing the performance or safety of deep and near-surface repositories for radioactive waste. The first phase of...
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4 May 2005
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20 May 2021
Webconference, Zoom
This workshop aimed to facilitate a broad discussion of the challenges around the competency of regulators in the areas of radioactive waste management, decommissioning and legacy management. In Janu...
Published date:
29 April 2021
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...
Published date:
18 August 2014
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
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6 April 2007
Quels que soient les types de déchets radioactifs, la sécurité du public, la protection de l’environnement, mais aussi la prévention d’actes de malveillance exigent qu’on gère de facon responsable, a...
Published date:
15 October 1999
NEA/RWM/RKM(2014)2
Provides an overview of the activities associated with Phase-I of the Initiative on the Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations.
Published date:
24 February 2014
Omvändbara beslut är en viktig faktor att överväga i den stegvisa beslutsprocess som förutsätts bli tillämpad i samband med tillkomsten av byggda geologiska förvar för radioaktivt avfall. Hur återtag...
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1 January 2002
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24 March 2009
NEA/RWM/RKM(2014)1/REV2
The present Phase-II Vision Document is the revised version following refining of work priorities of the Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations initiative subsequent ...
Published date:
10 October 2014
Disposal of long-lived radioactive waste in engineered facilities deep underground is being widely investigated worldwide in order to protect humans and the environment both now and in the future. Th...
Published date:
19 July 2004
NEA/RWM/R(2013)6
The key objective of this joint RF/IGSC workshop was to identify, and exchange experience on, the current and future challenges faced by implementers and regulators when preparing for their applicati...
Published date:
31 October 2013
NEA/RWM/RF(2012)2
A key challenge for some national radioactive waste management programmes and an important learning opportunity for many others will be the licensing of the construction and operation of the first de...
Published date:
3 July 2012
NEA/RWM(2011)4/PROV
The Regulators' Forum of the RWMC and the IGSC have both identified the need to explore the challenges and good practice in view of preparing for the construction license of a deep geological reposit...
Published date:
1 March 2011
L’expérience montre qu’il faut entreprendre cette tâche dès le démarrage des programmes de gestion des déchets. Plusieurs stockages de déchets radioactifs sont maintenant proches de leur mise en œuvr...
Published date:
1 November 2011
NEA/RWM(2014)1
Way forward proposal for Phase II of the Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations initiative.
Published date:
12 February 2014
NEA/RWM(2011)13/REV5
This bibliography aims at providing an overview of the work performed in the field of preservation of records, knowledge and memory in relation to radioactive waste management, especially disposal. F...
Published date:
6 April 2018
Experience indicates that RK&M need to be actively managed from the start of the waste management programmes. Several radioactive waste disposal programmes are now approaching implementation. The NEA...
Published date:
1 November 2011
NEA/RWM(2011)13/REV3
This bibliography aims at providing an overview over the work performed in the field of the preservation of records, knowledge and memory in relation with radioactive waste management, especially dis...
Published date:
3 June 2014
NEA/RWM(2011)13/REV1
This bibliography aims at providing an overview over the work performed in the field of the preservation of records, knowledge and memory in relation with radioactive waste management, especially dis...
Published date:
23 October 2012
NEA/RWM(2011)13
This bibliography aims at providing an overview over the work performed in the field of the preservation of records, knowledge and memory in relation with radioactive waste management, especially dis...
Published date:
7 November 2011
NEA/RWM(2009)7
The RWMC vision document on knowledge consolidation and transfer, NEA/RWM(2009)4/PROV, identifies the sharing of information across generations as an area deserving further development. This document...
Published date:
5 March 2009
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2008)6
At its first plenary meeting, held in Krefeld, Germany on 13-14 May 2008, the Decommissioning Cost Estimation Group (DCEG) of the Working Parting on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) held a topi...
Published date:
4 June 2008
NEA/RWM/M(2012)2
As the ICRP finalized its guidelines on the application of ICRP-103 to geologic disposal, the RWMC and the CRPPH held a joint session to discuss the ICRP forthcoming guidelines and interpretation iss...
Published date:
29 June 2012
NEA/RWM/SORPTION(2005)3
The present document is the Proccedings of the Sorption Workshop: Conclusion of NEA Sorption Project Phase II and Status Analysis of Sorption Modelling for PA, held at the NEA Offices in Issy-les-Mou...
Published date:
19 September 2005
NEA/RWM/SORPTION(2005)2
The present document is the final programme of the Proccedings of the Sorption Workshop: Conclusion of NEA Sorption Project Phase II and Status Analysis of Sorption Modelling for PA, held at the NEA ...
Published date:
4 October 2005
NEA/RWM(2007)9
This document provides an overview of the topical session on Approaches and Practices in Decommissioning of Facilities and the Management of Radioactive Waste from Non-Nuclear Fuel Cycle Related Acti...
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14 June 2007
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22 September 2021
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11 May 2006
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...
Published date:
6 June 2008
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...
Published date:
15 July 2009
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
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7 November 2003
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2002)1
This document contains the proceedings of a topical session on the Safety Case held at the third Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) meeting in Paris, France on 25 November 2001. The topics ...
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10 January 2002
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11 May 2006
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
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25 May 2007
Ces fiches présentent les programmes de gestion des déchets radioactifs de 20 des pays membres de l’OCDE/AEN. Elles compilent des informations sur les sources, les sortes et les quantités de déchets ...
Published date:
22 December 2005
NEA/RWM/RF(2008)2
This document reviews the regulatory developments in the field of geologic disposal since the Cordoba Workshop of 1997. It supports the Tokyo workshop of the RWMC Regulators' Forum (20-22 January 200...
Published date:
9 January 2009
NEA/RWM/RKM(2014)8
This document reports on the progress of the Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations initiative over the period March 2013-March 2014.
Published date:
24 September 2014
NEA/RWM/RKM(2012)3
This report describes the status of the RK&M project from its launch in March 2011 up to March 2012.
Published date:
5 June 2012
NEA/RWM/RKM(2013)1
This report provides a status update of the RK&M project for the period March 2012 to March 2013.
Published date:
22 March 2013
Radioactive wastes of all kinds need to be managed responsibly to ensure public safety and protection of the environment, as well as security from malicious intervention, now and in the future. The m...
Published date:
1 November 1999
Le Comité de la gestion des déchets radioactifs (RWMC) de l’AEN a mis en avant les fondements environnementaux et éthiques relatifs au stockage géologique et s’est prononcé sur sa faisabilité techniq...
Published date:
1 September 2008
NEA/RWM(2014)6
This document proposes the creation of an expert group on the integrated management of accident-oriented radioactive waste, which would produce valuable insights on the management of accident-oriente...
Published date:
12 March 2014
NEA/RWM/RKM(2012)4
This document is the proposed agenda of the second workshop on Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations, held at the on NEA Offices in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, on 1...
Published date:
6 September 2012
NEA/RWM/RKM(2013)2/REV1
This document is the revised proposed agenda of the 4th meeting of the RWMC project on the Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations, held at the OECD Conference Center ...
Published date:
28 March 2013
NEA/RWM/RKM(2013)2
This document is the proposed agenda of the 4th meeting of the RWMC project on the Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations, held at the OECD Conference Center in ...
Published date:
26 March 2013
NEA/RWM/RF/A(2014)1
This document outlines the provisional agenda of the 17th session of the RWMC-RF, held at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris, France on 24-25 March 2014.
Published date:
11 March 2014
Public confidence is significantly affected by social considerations, such as public participation in decision-making processes, transparency of activities, access to information, effective and appro...
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20 October 2003
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4 March 2003
Institutions involved in radioactive waste management face a rapidly evolving environment stemming from societal changes, including new information technology and new roles for the media. As in many ...
Published date:
14 August 2003
NEA/RWM/RF(2010)2
All RF colleagues are asked to provide written replies to questions listed in this document. Responses will be compiled and analysed, and the analysis will be distributed a few days prior to RWMC-43....
Published date:
29 January 2010
NEA/RWM(2008)9
This document is a status report of the Reversibility and Retrievability Project subsequent to a meeting held in Toronto, Canada in October 2008.
Published date:
24 September 2008
The Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations initiative was launched by the Nuclear Energy Agency in 2011 to foster international reflection and progress towards this g...
Published date:
18 November 2015
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1 May 2010
Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) flyer on Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning at the NEA.
Published date:
8 April 2020
NEA放射性廃棄物管理委員会（RWMC）の概要について。
Published date:
24 September 2020
This brochure describes the mandate, profile, focus areas and activities and publications of the RWMC Regulators’ Forum (RF).
Published date:
1 January 2009
The committee supports member countries in the development of safe and economically efficient management of all types of radioactive waste (including spent fuel) based on the latest scientific and te...
Published date:
27 January 2021
These fact sheets present the radioactive waste management programmes of 20 OECD/NEA member countries. They include information about the sources, types and quantities of waste as well as how and by ...
