The workshop was organized in Paris, on 1st-2nd September 1994, in co-operation with the OECD Environment Directorate. The focus was the concept of deep geological disposal and the associated non-tec...
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1 January 1995
As part of its activities, the Regulators’ Forum of the NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee has been examining the regulatory criteria for the long-term performance of geological disposal. In ...
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3 March 2010
Regulating the long-term safety of geological disposal of radioactive waste is a key part of making progress on the radioactive waste management issue. A survey of member countries has shown that dif...
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10 July 2008
Deep geological repositories of radioactive waste are designed and licensed based on a model of long-term safety which does not require the active presence of man. During the period of stepwise devel...
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31 December 2013
This report presents a consensus position in the form of a Collective Opinion of the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency. It addresses the strategy for the...
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30 July 2020
The Thermochemical Database (TDB) Project develops a reference database of chemical thermodynamic values for elements and compounds relevant to the safety of radioactive waste repositories and vital ...
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28 May 2020
Four new expert groups were established on 10 September 2020 to operate under the umbrella of the NEA Working Party on Information, Data and Knowledge Management (WP-IDKM).
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9 October 2020
NEA Clay Club annual meeting, 23 September 2020.
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9 October 2020
The first Roundtable for International Co‑operation in Final Disposal of High‑level Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel, 14 October 2019.
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14 October 2019
The overall aim of this expert group is to produce a definitive study across NEA member countries of the costs of management and disposal of radioactive waste from the nuclear fuel cycle on a common ...
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16 June 2020
This study updates the 1985 NEA report and presents a comprehensive analysis of the individual and total costs of the nuclear fuel cycle for a pressurised water reactor (PWR) to be commissioned in th...
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1 January 1994
International experts seek solutions on how regulators and implementers build effective dialogue on radioactive waste management.
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26 October 2020
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...
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18 February 2019
NEA/RWM/R(2013)9
This document describes the proceedings of an IGSC International Symposium held at the OECD Conference Centre, Paris France on 7-9 October 2013. The purpose of this symposium was to assess the practi...
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19 February 2014
The EGRRS supports NEA member countries to optimise the development of national radioactive waste management and decommissioning programmes through the application of robotic and remote systems.
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30 October 2020
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
This document is a compiliation of the presentations given at the Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory of Radioactive Waste Across Generations meeting “Constructing Memory in the Digital Era...
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15 September 2014
A joint NEA-EC workshop entitled “Engineered Barrier Systems: Design Requirements and Constraints” was organised in Turku, Finland on 26-29 August 2003 and hosted by Posiva Oy. The main objectives of...
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11 November 2020
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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Spent Nuclear Fuel Pool. Photo: Cogema.
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The NEA study on the “Adequacy of Funding Arrangements for Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Management” is a part of the Programme of Work of...
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17 September 2020
Brochure describing the Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) national workshops.
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1 November 2009
This flyer describes the national workshops organised by the Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC).
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1 December 2014
This document is the final agenda of the NEA Workshop on Information, Data and Knowledge Management (IDKM) held at the NEA offices in Boulogne-Billancourt, France on 22-24 January 2019.
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22 January 2019
The Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) is co-sponsoring a project with the European Commission to develop a greater understanding of how to achieve the ne...
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16 November 2004
This report examines the roles that storage plays, or might play, in radioactive waste management in OECD/NEA member countries. A better understanding of these roles provides valuable input to curren...
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6 February 2006
L’une des principales activités de l’Agence de l’OCDE pour l’énergie nucléaire (AEN) dans le domaine de la gestion des déchets radioactifs est d’organiser des examens internationaux d’études et de pr...
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16 February 2006
Regulating the long-term safety of geological disposal of radioactive waste poses special challenges due to the very long timescales involved. This report has been prepared to help foster a common un...
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30 October 2007
The presence of several barriers serving complementary safety functions enhances confidence that radioactive waste placed in deep geological repositories will be adequately isolated and contained to ...
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12 April 2007
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) hosted an international symposium on “Safety Cases for the Deep Disposal of Radioactive Waste: Where Do We Stand?” in January 2007. The NEA has spearheaded import...
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12 April 2007
In November 2006, Hungary hosted the 6th National Workshop and Community Visit of the NEA Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC). Participants included institutional authorities, local residents and s...
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12 June 2009
Un « dossier de sûreté » est la synthèse des preuves, analyses et arguments qui permettent de quantifier et de justifier que le dépôt de déchets radioactifs en formation géologique restera sûr après ...
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5 May 2009
A “safety case” is the synthesis of evidence, analyses and arguments that quantify and substantiate a claim that a geological repository for radioactive waste will be safe after closure and beyond th...
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5 May 2009
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
Le stockage dans des installations construites dans des couches géologiques stables et profondes constitue la solution de référence pour isoler de la biosphère humaine de manière permanente les déche...
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13 March 2012
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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13 March 2012
The most widely adopted solution for the definitive management of high-level radioactive waste involves its emplacement in deep geological repositories whose safety should not depend on the active pr...
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18 January 2012
La solution la plus communément adoptée en matière de gestion définitive des déchets radioactifs de haute activité consiste à placer ces déchets dans des centres de stockage en couche géologique prof...
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14 March 2012
Safety assessment is an interdisciplinary approach that focuses on the scientific understanding and performance assessment of safety functions as well as the hazards associated with a geological disp...
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18 September 2012
These proceedings include the papers presented at the Third International Conference on Geological Repositories held in Berne, Switzerland, on 15-17 October 2007 as well as a summary which highlights...
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16 October 2009
This summary highlights the main lessons to be learnt from the Third International Conference on Geological Repositories, held in Berne, Switzerland, on 15-17 October 2007 as well as final recommenda...
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20 October 2009
This report presents the conclusions of the International Review Team established by the NEA Secretariat at the request of the French government to perform a peer review of the Dossier 2001 Argile. T...
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16 November 2003
Understanding cost and financing strategies is important in developing a feasible waste management plan as well as projects based on current and potentially available waste storage/disposal options.
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14 February 2020
Les programmes nationaux de gestion des déchets radioactifs se trouvent à des phases diverses dans la recherche de sites d’implantation d’installations et se fondent sur des approches techniques dist...
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25 September 2010
A crucial aspect of radioactive waste management (RWM) as well as decommissioning and legacy management is developing general community confidence and societal acceptance of RWM solutions.
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25 June 2020
Regulatory authorities develop regulations and associated practical guidance. Considering the long-term safety of a repository, regulators develop operational criteria and optimisation for them.
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14 February 2020
Radioactive waste management and decommissioning are knowledge-dependent activities that exist in robust regulatory frameworks and on long timescales, demanding IDKM and presenting unique challenges....
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25 June 2020
Adequacy of Funding Arrangements for Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Management (ADEQ)
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14 December 2020
A key challenge in the development of safety cases for the deep geological disposal of radioactive waste is handling the long time frame over which the radioactive waste remains hazardous. The intrin...
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13 March 2009
The analysis of the long-term safety of radioactive waste disposal systems requires the use of mathematical models and scenarios that simulate repository behavior in response to future events. This r...
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2 January 1992
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
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