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    Expert Group on Building Constructive Dialogues between Regulators and Implementers in Developing Disposal Solutions for Radioactive Waste (RIDD)

    International experts seek solutions on how regulators and implementers build effective dialogue on radioactive waste management.

    Safety regulation in radioactive waste management RIDD Regulation Disposal Repository Radioactive waste …
    Published date: 26 October 2020
    Publications and Reports
    National Inventories and Management Strategies for Spent Nuclear Fuel and Radioactive Waste

    The diversity in classification schemes across countries has restricted the possibility of comparing waste inventories and led to difficulties in interpreting waste management practices, both nationa...

    English Radioactive waste management Radioactive waste management EGIRM Spent fuel Radioactive waste …
    Published date: 26 November 2020
    News
    Specific ion interaction theory (SIT) coefficients now included in the TDB e-database

    Specific ion interaction theory (SIT) coefficients now included in the TDB e-database

    News brief Deep geological repository (DGR) High-level waste (HLW) RK&M Thermodynamics Thermodynamic data Thermochemical database Chemical thermodynamic series Radioactive waste …
    Published date: 30 November 2020
    News
    NEA and CAEA discuss further enhancements to co‑operation

    NEA and CAEA discuss further enhancements to co‑operation

    News brief Nuclear decommissioning Radioactive waste COVID-19 China …
    Published date: 27 January 2021
    Event
    NEA Workshop on Competency Management of Regulators (COMAREG)
    18 - 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...

    RF Regulation RWMC Back-end Radioactive waste …
    Published date: 29 April 2021
    Publications and Reports
    Ensuring the Adequacy of Funding for Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Management

    The world’s nuclear power reactors are ageing, with the majority approaching the end of their planned operational lifetimes in the coming years. The adequacy of funding for decommissioning and radioa...

    English EGCDL Nuclear economics Radioactive waste Financing …
    Published date: 18 June 2021
    NEA Document
    Multifactor Optimisation of Predisposal Management of Radioactive Waste: Proceedings of the NEA Joint Workshop
    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...

    Predisposal Radioactive waste management RWMC Proceedings Radioactive waste …
    Published date: 25 June 2021
    News
    From a linear to circular approach in funding arrangements for decommissioning and radioactive waste management

    A new NEA report on Ensuring the Adequacy of Funding for Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Management was launched in an online expert roundtable on 18 June 2021, where the NEA presented analysis...

    News brief Decommissioning Nuclear economics Task Group on Decommissioning Funding Radioactive waste …
    Published date: 1 July 2021
    Publications and Reports
    NEA News 38.2

    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...

    English Public health Fukushima Nuclear safety International co-operation Radiological protection Radioactive waste Radioactive waste management Webinar Generation III reactors Cost control Nuclear economics Accident management …
    Published date: 15 July 2021
    Event
    International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management: Solutions for a Sustainable Future
    1 - 5 November 2021

    The purpose of the event is to share experiences in the management of radioactive waste, with the aim of increasing the visibility of progress, good practice and effective solutions.

    Radioactive waste Co-sponsored event
    Published date: 29 April 2021
    NEA Document
    Characterisation Methodology for Unconventional and Legacy Waste
    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 ...

    Decommissioning Characterisation Radioactive waste management RWMC Legacy management Radioactive waste …
    Published date: 30 November 2021
    News
    Advancing geological repositories

    The NEA will host the Sixth International Conference on Geological Repositories (ICGR-6) on 4-8 April 2022 in Helsinki, Finland.

    News brief Deep geological repository (DGR) Repository Radioactive waste
    Published date: 24 February 2022
    NEA Document
    RepMet Tools and Guidelines - A Report of the Radioactive Waste Repository Metadata Management (RepMet) Initiative
    NEA/RWM/R(2019)5

    This document is the fifth of the five interrelated reports of the Radioactive Waste Repository Metadata Management (RepMet) Initiative. The series of reports discusses the key aspects of data and re...

    English IDKM of radioactive waste management Metadata RepMet Radioactive waste management Information, data and knowledge management IGSC Repository Radioactive waste …
    Published date: 1 March 2022
    NEA Document
    Repository Library - A Report of the Radioactive Waste Repository Metadata Management (RepMet) Initiative
    NEA/RWM/R(2019)4

    This document is the fourth of the five interrelated reports of the Radioactive Waste Repository Metadata Management (RepMet) Initiative. The series of reports discusses the key aspects of data and r...

    English IDKM of radioactive waste management Metadata RepMet Radioactive waste management Information, data and knowledge management IGSC Repository Radioactive waste Safety case …
    Published date: 1 March 2022
    NEA Document
    Waste Package Library - A Report of the Radioactive Waste Repository Metadata Management (RepMet) Initiative
    NEA/RWM/R(2019)3

    This document is the third of the five interrelated reports of the Radioactive Waste Repository Metadata Management (RepMet) Initiative. The series of reports discusses the key aspects of data and re...

    English IDKM of radioactive waste management Metadata RepMet Radioactive waste management Information, data and knowledge management IGSC Repository Radioactive waste Safety case …
    Published date: 1 March 2022
    NEA Document
    Site Characterisation Library - A Report of the Radioactive Waste Repository Metadata Management (RepMet) Initiative
    NEA/RWM/R(2019)2

    This document is the second of the five interrelated reports of the Radioactive Waste Repository Metadata Management (RepMet) Initiative. The series of reports discusses the key aspects of data and r...

    English IDKM of radioactive waste management Metadata RepMet Radioactive waste management Information, data and knowledge management IGSC Repository Radioactive waste Safety case …
    Published date: 1 March 2022
    News
    NEA committees discuss the back-end of the nuclear fuel cycle

    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...

    News brief RF CDLM Decommissioning and legacy management Radioactive waste management RWMC Radioactive waste Nuclear fuel cycle …
    Published date: 4 April 2022
    News
    Advancing geological repositories from concept to operation

    The Sixth International Conference on Geological Repositories (ICGR-6) gathered participants in in Helsinki, Finland, on 4-8 April.

    News brief Radioactive waste management Deep geological repository (DGR) Repository Radioactive waste …
    Published date: 27 April 2022
    Event
    10th Edition of Euratom Conferences on Reactor Safety (FISA 2022) and Radioactive Waste Management (EURADWASTE’22)
    30 May 2022 - 3 June 2022

    The Euratom Conferences FISA 2022 – EURADWASTE ’22 will take place on 30 May – 3 June 2022 in Lyon, France.

    This will be the 10th edition of the Euratom research and training conferences on fission s...

    Nuclear safety Safety Radioactive waste Co-sponsored event
    Published date: 15 March 2022
    Event
    Joint NEA and NDF Workshop on the Characterisation of Large Quantities of Unconventional and Legacy Waste
    31 August 2022 - 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...

    EGCUL Decommissioning Characterisation Fukushima RWMC Low-level waste (LLW) Legacy management Radioactive waste …
    Published date: 17 August 2022
    Publications and Reports
    NEA News 39.1-39.2

    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...

    English Decommissioning Fukushima Decarbonisation Nuclear safety Nuclear economics Nuclear technology Radioactive waste management Capacity building and gender COP Climate change NEA News publication Radioactive waste Nuclear energy and climate change Human and organisational factors …
    Published date: 31 August 2022
    News
    Community and youth engagement the key for future radioactive waste disposal

    The FSC workshop participants discussed best practices for community and youth engagement around the topic of radioactive waste disposal.

    News brief Deep geological repository (DGR) Europe Human and organisational factors Education RWMC Stakeholder relations Belgium FSC Geological disposal Radioactive waste …
    Published date: 26 October 2022
    Event
    Remembering the past in the future: Building awareness of radioactive waste repositories together
    22 - 24 November 2022
    Tabloo, Dessel, Belgium

    How can knowledge of high-level radioactive waste existence, nature and history be passed on to future generations? The NEA Expert Group on Awareness Preservation (EGAP) has been focusing on this que...

    IDKM of radioactive waste management Radioactive waste management Radioactive waste Societal aspects of radioactive waste management
    Published date: 13 December 2022
    NEA Document
    IGSC Safety Case Symposium 2018: Current Understanding and Future Direction for the Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste
    NEA/RWM/R(2018)7

    The Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) was established in 2000 by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) in recognition of the need for continued...

    Radioactive waste management IGSC Repository Safety Geological disposal Radioactive waste Safety case …
    Published date: 7 December 2022
    NEA Document
    The Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan’s Pre-siting Safety Case Based on the Site Descriptive Model: An International Peer Review of the NUMO Safety Case
    NEA/RWM/R(2022)2

    Following a safety-oriented, stepwise procedure for geological repository siting, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan (NUMO) requested in 2021 that the NEA facilitate an independent in...

    English Peer review Deep geological repository (DGR) High-level waste (HLW) Japan Radioactive waste management RWMC Radioactive waste Safety case Geological disposal Features events and processes (FEPs) …
    Published date: 19 January 2023
    Publications and Reports
    NEA News 40.1

    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...

    English FIDES Hydrogen Nuclear technology Nuclear Education, Skills and Technology (NEST) Framework Switzerland Radioactive waste management NEA News publication Radioactive waste ISNL Low dose research IRPS Electricity markets Accident management …
    Published date: 13 April 2023
    News
    Deep geological repository development to be strengthened with Horonobe International Project

    The Horonobe International Joint Project (HIP) is a collaborative project between the NEA and Japan Atomic Energy Agency established in February 2023.

    News brief Radioactive waste management Deep geological repository (DGR) Radioactive waste management Repository Radioactive waste …
    Published date: 25 April 2023
    News
    Regulators' Forum meet to discuss regulatory issues

    NEA Regulators' Forum meet at the NEA in Paris to discuss regulatory issues

    News brief RF CDLM Regulation Radioactive waste management RWMC Radioactive waste …
    Published date: 26 April 2023
    NEA Document
    原子力発電環境整備機構(NUMO) による「地質環境モデルに基づくサイ ト選定の前段階におけるセーフティケ ース」
    NEA/RWM/R(2022)2
    Peer review Deep geological repository (DGR) High-level waste (HLW) Japan Radioactive waste management RWMC Japanese Radioactive waste Safety case Geological disposal …
    Published date: 31 May 2023
    Event
    Advancing Development of Disposal Solutions in Radioactive Waste Management
    14 - 15 June 2023
    JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel, Bucharest, Romania

    Momentum in regards to disposal solutions for radioactive waste has rapidly picked up over the last five years. Several countries have entered the licensing phase of establishing a deep geological re...

    Radioactive waste management Deep geological repository (DGR) High-level waste (HLW) Radioactive waste management Disposal Low-level waste (LLW) Repository Geological disposal Radioactive waste Safety case …
    Published date: 13 June 2023
    News
    NEA mission to Romania highlights needed enhancements to nuclear education and explores disposal solutions for radioactive waste

    NEA delegation led by Director-General Magwood was in Romania for a series of meetings and to co-host a workshop.

    News brief Radioactive waste management Deep geological repository (DGR) Romania Education Nuclear Education, Skills and Technology (NEST) Framework Disposal International co-operation Radioactive waste …
    Published date: 29 June 2023
    Event
    The medium and the message: Challenges and solutions in selecting and preserving records of radioactive waste
    26 - 28 September 2023
    Solna, Stockholm, Sweden

    A collective statement of the NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee from 2014 states that maintaining records, knowledge and memory (RK&M) for a radioactive waste repository after its closure wi...

    Deep geological repository (DGR) RK&M IDKM of radioactive waste management Knowledge management and data preservation Radioactive waste management Information, data and knowledge management Radioactive waste …
    Published date: 22 September 2023
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    The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on stakeholder engagement practices

    COVID-19 caused a series of major changes in society, including in the way people communicate and engage with each other. The impact on communication and stakeholder engagement activities was particu...

    Human aspects of nuclear safety CDLM Decommissioning and legacy management Stakeholder RWMC Stakeholder relations Radioactive waste Stakeholder engagement FSC …
    Published date: 7 November 2023
    Other
    Fostering stakeholder involvement across generations - participation after site selection

    In October 2022, the NEA Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) organised, in collaboration with the Belgian Agency for Radioactive Waste and Enriched Fissile Materials (ONDRAF/NIRAS), a national work...

    Human aspects of nuclear safety CDLM Decommissioning and legacy management Stakeholder Radioactive waste management Civil society RWMC Social science Stakeholder relations Radioactive waste Radioactive waste management Stakeholder engagement Belgium FSC …
    Published date: 17 November 2023
    Activity
    IGSC Symposium

    The Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) has been organising a series of symposia every five years focusing on the development of a competent and robust safety case since 2007, in co‑operatio...

    Deep geological repository (DGR) EGOS Salt Club Crystalline Club (CRC) IGSC Clay Club Radioactive waste Safety case …
    Published date: 21 November 2023
    News
    Stakeholder engagement in decommissioning, radioactive waste and legacy management

    The 13th National Workshop organised by the NEA Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) took place on 23-25 October in Ohio, United States.

    News brief Decommissioning Stakeholder Stakeholder relations FSC Legacy management Radioactive waste …
    Published date: 22 November 2023
    Event
    Extended Storage and Transportation of Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste from Current and Future Reactor Technologies
    5 - 8 December 2023
    Camden, New Jersey, United States

    The NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) created the Ad-hoc Group on the Extended Storage and Transportation (AhGEST) in 2021. Following the work on these two topics, AhGEST presented it...

    SMR Radioactive waste management Radioactive waste management Spent fuel Radioactive waste Storage …
    Published date: 22 January 2024
    News
    Extended storage and transportation of spent fuel and radioactive waste from reactor technologies

    Some 100 international experts convened in New Jersey, U.S for the Workshop on Extended Storage and Transportation of Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste from Current and Future Reactor Technologies.

    Nuclear fuel News brief United States Radioactive waste management Spent fuel Advanced reactors Radioactive waste Nuclear fuel cycle Best practices …
    Published date: 21 December 2023
    NEA Document
    Building Constructive Dialogues Between Regulators and Implementers During the Pre-Licensing Phase of Deep Geological Repository Development
    NEA/RWM/R(2022)4

    Safe disposal of radioactive waste (RW), including spent fuel, must take into consideration long timescales as implied by radioactive waste management (RWM). The NEA Radioactive Waste Management Comm...

    Safety regulation in radioactive waste management Deep geological repository (DGR) RIDD Regulation Stakeholder engagement Repository Radioactive waste …
    Published date: 24 January 2024
    News
    Shaping the NEA WISARD project: Back-end strategies for sustainable future nuclear systems

    The NEA Joint Project on Waste Integration for Small and Advanced Reactor Designs (WISARD) will start in 2025.

    SMR News brief Radioactive waste management Radioactive waste management WISARD Joint project Advanced reactors Back-end Radioactive waste Nuclear fuel cycle …
    Published date: 24 April 2024
    News
    Advances in developing the NEA WISARD project

    Ahead of the project launch, the NEA organised a meeting to discuss the progress.

    SMR News brief Radioactive waste management Radioactive waste management WISARD Joint project Advanced reactors Back-end Radioactive waste Nuclear fuel cycle …
    Published date: 22 May 2024
    Event
    Seventh International Conference on Geological Repositories (ICGR-7): Empowering Progress in Developing Deep Geological Repositories
    27 - 31 May 2024
    BPEX - Busan Port International Exhibition & Convention Centre, Busan, Korea

    The opening session of the Seventh International Conference on Geological Repositories (ICGR-7) in Busan, Korea. Photo: Krystal Kenney

     

    There is consensus within the international scientific communi...

    Deep geological repository (DGR) Radioactive waste management Repository Geological disposal Radioactive waste …
    Published date: 11 June 2024
    Activity
    Expert Group on Characterisation Methodology of Unconventional and Legacy Waste (EGCUL)

    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.

    EGCUL Decommissioning France Characterisation Fukushima Russia Japan RWMC Low-level waste (LLW) United Kingdom Legacy management Radioactive waste Radioactive waste management …
    Published date: 13 August 2024
    News
    Nuclear liability aspects of radioactive waste disposal facilities

    The NEA Working Party on Nuclear Liability and Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities (WPLDF) met on 19 September 2024.

    Nuclear law News brief Nuclear law Nuclear liability Radioactive waste WPLDF …
    Published date: 27 September 2024
    NEA Document
    International Features, Events and Processes (IFEP) List for the Deep Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste
    NEA/RWM/R(2024)2

    The Nuclear Energy Agency’s (NEA) Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) and its predecessor, the Performance Assessment Advisory Group (PAAG), have carried out activities related to the compil...

    English Safety provisions of radioactive waste management Deep geological repository (DGR) Disposal RWMC IGSC Radioactive waste Safety case Radioactive waste management FEPs Features events and processes (FEPs) …
    Published date: 8 November 2024
    Activity
    Working Party on Nuclear Liability and Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities (WPLDF)

    The WPLDF was established to identify and address issues of application of the nuclear liability regimes to deep geological repositories (DGRs) and other radioactive waste disposal facilities. 

    Nuclear law Nuclear liability Radioactive waste WPLDF
    Published date: 24 January 2025
    Activity
    Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC)

    The RWMC 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 technol...

    Radioactive waste management RWMC Radioactive waste
    Published date: 10 February 2025
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