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...
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23 October 2012
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...
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31 October 2013
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/R(2011)4
This is the final full report of the 4-year international project on Reversibility and Retrievability (R&R) launched in 2007 by the OECD/NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC). Major miles...
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6 December 2011
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(2011)15
This is the final draft of a brochure to be published in December 2011 by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) (in English and in French). This interim file is...
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25 November 2011
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 ...
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22 December 2005
NEA/RWM(2011)12
This strategic plan for RWMC was adopted at the RWMC meeting of March 2011. It expands and details the planning given in the Strategic Plan of the Nuclear Energy Agency for 2011-2016 that was approve...
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28 July 2011
NEA/RWM/PEER(2011)3
At the request of the Swedish government, the OECD-NEA International Review Team (IRT) is examining the application by SKB for a construction license of a spent fuel repository in Sweden. Questionnai...
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26 July 2011
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 ...
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26 April 2011
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...
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1 March 2011
NEA/RWM/PEER(2012)3
The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has an acknowledged role in organising independent, international peer reviews of national programmes and studies in the field of radioactive waste management. The NEA...
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14 September 2012
NEA/RWM/R(2012)8
This technical guide promotes an integrated approach encompassing the interests of all actors involved (e.g. decommissioners, regulators, the public at large, waste management agencies, transporters,...
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6 September 2012
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...
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3 July 2012
NEA/RWM(2014)7
This document describes the mandate of the RWMC Expert Group on Waste Inventorying and Reporting Methodology (EGIRM).
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26 June 2014
NEA/RWM/PEER(2012)2
A major activity of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in the field of radioactive waste management is the organization of independent, international peer reviews of national studies and projects. The N...
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12 June 2012
NEA/RWM/R(2012)5
This report synthesizes principles for socially responsive siting of radioactive waste management facilities that have emerged from over a decade of learning by the Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (F...
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24 April 2012
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...
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24 April 2012
NEA/RWM/PEER(2012)1
At the request of the Belgian Federal government, the OECD-NEA International Review Team (IRT) is reviewing the safety case of the ONDRAF/NIRAS' surface disposal facility for low and intermediate lev...
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13 March 2012
NEA/RWM(2012)1
This document describes the achievements and plans of the working parties of the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC). It was prepared for the 45th session of the RWMC in 2012.
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16 February 2012
NEA/RWM/RF(2012)1/PROV
In the area of radioactive waste management, the regulator or safety authority has emerged as a principal actor in the eyes of civil society. This study shows how regulators are increasing their inte...
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13 February 2012
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.
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23 May 2014
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2013)6/PROV2
This document is the (second) provisional summary record of the 14th session of the Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD), held at the NEA Offices, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France o...
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19 March 2014
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2013)10
This document is the summary record of the 2nd meeting of the Salt Club held in Berlin, Germany on 16 September 2013. The Salt Club operates under the aegis of the Integration Group for the Safety Ca...
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13 March 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...
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10 October 2013
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...
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21 January 2014
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...
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9 January 2014
NEA/RWM/R(2013)7
This Technical Note reviews the relevant project-specific FEP lists recently developed (i.e. since 2006) by organisations assessing the post-closure safety of the deep disposal of radioactive waste. ...
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19 December 2013
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
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...
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25 October 2013
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2013)3/PROV
The first meeting of the Salt Club (SC-1) took place at the NEA Offices in Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France on 04 December 2012. This draft summary record reviews the main items and decisions.
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10 September 2013
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...
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1 July 2013
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2013)1
This document was 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 Energ...
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20 February 2013
NEA/RWM/RF(2013)1
This discussion paper was provided to the Regulators’ Forum (RF) of the RWMC to spark discussion on the impact of the concept of oversight and of the ICRP-122 recommendations on national and internat...
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19 February 2013
NEA/RWM(2013)1
This document outlines the achievements and future plans of the working parties of the RWMC, specifically the IGSC, FSC and WPDD. Prepared for the 46th session of the RWMC held at the OECD Conference...
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31 January 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/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 ...
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18 March 2014
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2014)2/PROV1
This document describes the mission and objectives of the Salt Club for a proposed extended mandate (May 2014-December 2015) under the aegis of the IGSC.
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13 March 2014
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.
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11 March 2014
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/WPDD(2014)1
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 Energy (EC DG-ENER) and...
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28 February 2014
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...
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27 February 2014
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...
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27 February 2014
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31 August 2012
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...
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3 July 2012
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2012)5
This document is a summary of the special seminar commemorating the 10th anniversary of the OECD/NEA Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD), held at the NEA Offices in Issy-les-Mouli...
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28 March 2012
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/RF(2012)1/FINAL
In the area of radioactive waste management, the regulator or safety authority has emerged as a principal actor in the eyes of civil society. This study shows how regulators are increasing their inte...
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26 April 2012
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
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2013)6/PROV
This document is the provisional summary record of the 14th session of the Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD), held at the NEA Offices, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on 18-20 Novem...
Published date:
11 February 2014