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    Publications and Reports
    Dealing with Interests, Values and Knowledge in Managing Risk

    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,...

    English Stakeholder Radioactive waste management Disposal RWMC Low-level waste (LLW) Repository Stakeholder relations Belgium FSC Proceedings …
    Published date: 20 December 2004
    Other
    Decision making for radioactive waste management - English A4 (2008)

    Decision making for radioactive waste management: principles, action goals, confidence factors flyer – English A4

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Radioactive waste management Stakeholder Radioactive waste management Stakeholder engagement Stakeholder relations FSC Societal aspects of radioactive waste management …
    Published date: 26 May 2020
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    Decision making for radioactive waste management - French A4 (2008)

    Decision making for radioactive waste management: principles, action goals, confidence factors flyer – French A4

    Human aspects of nuclear safety Radioactive waste management French Stakeholder Radioactive waste management Stakeholder engagement Stakeholder relations FSC Societal aspects of radioactive waste management …
    Published date: 26 May 2020
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    Decision making for radioactive waste management - Korean A4 (2008)

    Decision making for radioactive waste management: principles, action goals, confidence factors flyer – Korean A4

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Radioactive waste management Bilingual Stakeholder Radioactive waste management Stakeholder engagement Korean Stakeholder relations FSC Societal aspects of radioactive waste management …
    Published date: 26 May 2020
    Other
    Decision making for radioactive waste management - US Letter (2008)

    Decision making for radioactive waste management: principles, action goals, confidence factors flyer – US letter

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Radioactive waste management Stakeholder Radioactive waste management Stakeholder engagement Stakeholder relations FSC Societal aspects of radioactive waste management …
    Published date: 26 May 2020
    Other
    DECISION MAKING FOR RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES, ACTION GOALS, CONFIDENCE FACTORS - Japanese A4 (2008)

    Decision making for radioactive waste management: principles, action goals, confidence factors flyer – Japanese A4

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Radioactive waste management Bilingual Stakeholder Radioactive waste management Stakeholder engagement Japanese Stakeholder relations FSC Societal aspects of radioactive waste management …
    Published date: 26 May 2020
    Publications and Reports
    Déclassement et démantèlement des installations nucléaires

    Cet ouvrage, à l’intention d’un large public, présente une synthèse de la situation du déclassement et du démantèlement des installations nucléaires ainsi que des questions connexes dans les pays mem...

    French Decommissioning Dismantlement Radioactive waste management WPDD …
    Published date: 13 September 2002
    Publications and Reports
    Decontamination Techniques Used in Decommissioning Activities

    This overview of decontamination techniques is based on the results of the previously mentioned questionnaire, which was received, reviewed and summarised for this report by the Task Group. The infor...

    English Decommissioning Task Group on Decontamination Decontamination Radioactive waste management …
    Published date: 3 August 1999
    News
    Deep geological repositories in crystalline rocks

    The Crystalline Club held its first technical workshop focusing on “Research Methods and Modern Measuring Equipment Used for Site and Rock Characterisation”, with three sessions held on 11, 18 and 25...

    News brief Deep geological repository (DGR) Crystalline rock Crystalline Club (CRC) Radioactive waste management …
    Published date: 31 March 2021
    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
    Publications and Reports
    Démantèlement des installations nucléaires (brochure)

    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...

    French Decommissioning CPD Dismantlement Radioactive waste management RWMC WPDD …
    Published date: 5 May 2010
    News
    Developing geological repositories in rock salts

    NEA Salt Club meeting, 11-12 May 2021.

    News brief Deep geological repository (DGR) Salt Club Radioactive waste management Geological disposal Rock salt …
    Published date: 28 May 2021
    News
    Development of repositories in rock salt formations: Salt Club meeting

    NEA Clay Club annual meeting, 23 September 2020.

    News brief Deep geological repository (DGR) Salt Club Radioactive waste management Geological disposal Rock salt …
    Published date: 16 December 2020
    Publications and Reports
    Die Sicherheit der geologischen Tiefenlagerung von BE, HAA und LMA in der Schweiz

    Im schweizerischen Projekt Entsorgungsnachweis untersucht die Nagra die Sicherheit der geologischen Tiefenlagerung von radioaktiven Abfällen im Opalinuston des Zürcher Weinlands. Der vorliegende Beri...

    Peer review German Deep geological repository (DGR) Post-closure Switzerland Radioactive waste management Safety assessment Geological disposal Safety case …
    Published date: 22 April 2004
    Publications and Reports
    Disposal of Radioactive Waste: Forming a New Approach in Germany

    Germany is exploring a new approach towards the final management of its radioactive waste. This international workshop, held in Germany, attracted 65 participants from 13 countries. A little more tha...

    English Siting Stakeholder Radioactive waste management Disposal Repository Stakeholder relations FSC Proceedings Germany …
    Published date: 16 May 2006
    Publications and Reports
    Disposal of Radioactive Waste: Can Long-Term Safety Be Evaluated?

    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...

    Bilingual Radioactive waste management Disposal RWMC Safety assessment …
    Published date: 1 January 1991
    Publications and Reports
    Domaines stratégiques de la gestion des déchets radioactifs

    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...

    French Radioactive waste management RWMC Radioactive waste
    Published date: 1 January 1999
    Publications and Reports
    Dossier de sûreté post-fermeture d’un dépôt en formation géologique

    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...

    Deep geological repository (DGR) French IPAG Post-closure Radioactive waste management RWMC Safety assessment Geological disposal Safety case …
    Published date: 19 July 2004
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    Economic aspects of radioactive waste management

    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.

    Economic aspects of radioactive waste management Radioactive waste management
    Published date: 14 February 2020
    News
    Engaging stakeholders in radioactive waste management solutions

    NEA Forum on Stakeholder Confidence held its annual plenary meeting on 12-14 October 2021.

    News brief Societal aspects of decommissioning and legacy management Stakeholder Stakeholder relations FSC Societal aspects of radioactive waste management …
    Published date: 19 October 2021
    Publications and Reports
    Engineered Barrier Systems (EBS) in the Context of the Entire Safety Case

    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...

    English Engineered barrier system (EBS) Deep geological repository (DGR) Radioactive waste management Safety assessment Geological disposal Proceedings Safety case …
    Published date: 16 November 2004
    Publications and Reports
    Engineered Barrier Systems (EBS) in the Context of the Entire Safety Case

    A joint NEA-EC workshop entitled “Engineered Barrier Systems (EBS) in the Context of the Entire Safety Case” was organised in Oxford on 25-27 September 2002 and hosted by United Kingdom Nirex Limited...

    English Engineered barrier system (EBS) Deep geological repository (DGR) Radioactive waste management IGSC Safety assessment Geological disposal Proceedings Safety case …
    Published date: 3 July 2003
    Publications and Reports
    Engineered Barrier Systems (EBS) in the Safety Case: Design Confirmation and Demonstration

    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 ...

    English Engineered barrier system (EBS) Deep geological repository (DGR) Experiments Underground research laboratory (URL) Radioactive waste management IGSC Safety assessment Geological disposal Proceedings Safety case …
    Published date: 12 April 2007
    Publications and Reports
    Engineered Barrier Systems (EBS) in the Safety Case: The Role of Modelling

    In the deep disposal of radioactive waste, the presence of several barriers serving complementary safety functions enhances confidence that the waste will be isolated and contained to protect human h...

    English Modelling and simulation Engineered barrier system (EBS) Deep geological repository (DGR) Geochemical modelling Radioactive waste management IGSC Safety assessment Geological disposal Proceedings Safety case …
    Published date: 16 February 2007
    Publications and Reports
    Engineered Barrier Systems (EBS): Design Requirements and Constraints

    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...

    English Engineered barrier system (EBS) Deep geological repository (DGR) Radioactive waste management IGSC Geological disposal Proceedings …
    Published date: 11 November 2020
    Publications and Reports
    Engineered Barrier Systems and the Safety of Deep Geological Repositories

    Repositories for the disposal of radioactive waste generally rely on a multi-barrier system to isolate the waste from the biosphere. This multi-barrier system typically comprises the natural geologic...

    English Engineered barrier system (EBS) Deep geological repository (DGR) Radioactive waste management IGSC Geological disposal …
    Published date: 3 July 2003
    Publications and Reports
    Environmental and Ethical Aspects of Long-Lived Radioactive Waste Disposal

    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...

    English Deep geological repository (DGR) Environmental protection Radioactive waste management Geological disposal Proceedings …
    Published date: 1 January 1995
    Publications and Reports
    Establishing and Communicating Confidence in the Safety of Deep Geologic Disposal/Établir et faire partager la confiance dans la sûreté des dépôts en grande profondeur

    Confidence among both technical experts and the public in the safety of deep geologic repositories for radioactive waste is a key element in the successful development of the repositories. This repor...

    Deep geological repository (DGR) PAAG IPAG Bilingual Stakeholder Radioactive waste management Stakeholder relations Geological disposal …
    Published date: 23 May 2002
    Other
    ETAPOVÝ PŘÍSTUP k zneškodňování radioaktivních odpadů Stepwise approach - Czech A4 (2008)

    Stepwise approach to the long-term management of radioactive waste flyer – Czech A4

    Human aspects of nuclear safety Radioactive waste management Czech Stakeholder Radioactive waste management Stakeholder engagement Stakeholder relations FSC Societal aspects of radioactive waste management …
    Published date: 26 May 2020
    Publications and Reports
    Evacuation géologique des déchets radioactifs

    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...

    Deep geological repository (DGR) French Radioactive waste management RWMC Geological disposal …
    Published date: 1 January 2000
    Publications and Reports
    Expériences internationales des dossiers de sûreté pour les dépôts en formation géologique (INTESC) + CD-ROM

    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 ...

    Deep geological repository (DGR) French Radioactive waste management IGSC Safety assessment Safety case INTESC Biosphere Geosphere …
    Published date: 5 May 2009
    Activity
    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
    Activity
    Expert Group on the Application of Robotics and Remote Systems in the Nuclear Back-end (EGRRS)

    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.

    Decommissioning and legacy management Nuclear decommissioning Radioactive waste management Remote and robotic system
    Published date: 19 March 2024
    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
    Publications and Reports
    Favoriser la participation des parties prenantes

    L’implication des parties prenantes, notamment par le dialogue et la délibération, peut améliorer la qualité et la durabilité des décisions prises par les pouvoirs publics. Cette publication offre au...

    French Stakeholder Radioactive waste management Stakeholder relations FSC Societal aspects of radioactive waste management …
    Published date: 6 December 2005
    Publications and Reports
    Features, Events and Processes (FEPs) for Geologic Disposal of Radioactive Waste

    DOI: 10.1787/9789264187511-en

    Safety assessments of disposal sites for radioactive waste involve analyses of potential releases of radionuclides from the disposed waste and subsequent transport to th...

    English Deep geological repository (DGR) PAAG Radioactive waste management RWMC Databases Safety assessment Geological disposal Features events and processes (FEPs) …
    Published date: 2 June 2025
    Publications and Reports
    Features, Events and Processes Evaluation Catalogue for Argillaceous Media

    The OECD/NEA Working Group on the Characterisation, the Understanding and the Performance of Argillaceous Rocks as Repository Host Formations for the disposal of radioactive waste (known as the "Clay...

    English Deep geological repository (DGR) FEPs FEPCAT Clay Radioactive waste management Clay Club Geological disposal …
    Published date: 28 November 2003
    Publications and Reports
    Field Tracer Experiments: Role in the Prediction of Radionuclide Migration

    The workshop was aimed at providing a structured forum whereby implementors, regulators and scientists could interact, contribute to the advancement of the state of the art in this area, discuss the ...

    English Deep geological repository (DGR) GEOTRAP Experiments Radionuclide migration Radioactive waste management Geological disposal Proceedings …
    Published date: 5 January 1997
    Publications and Reports
    Final disposal of radioactive waste

    This NEA Policy Brief provides a concise outline of the current outlook for final disposal of radioactive waste in NEA member countries. It describes the challenges, context, stakeholders and potenti...

    English Radioactive waste management Deep geological repository (DGR) Policy Brief Decommissioning and legacy management Radioactive waste management IGSC FSC Geological disposal …
    Published date: 30 July 2020
    Publications and Reports
    Fluid Flow through Faults and Fractures in Argillaceous Formations

    DOI: 10.1787/g2gh1c8b-en

    ISBN-13: 9789264160217

    An evaluation of the occurrence of fluid flow through faults and fractures is of primary importance for the performance assessment of radioactive waste...

    English Transport Clay Radioactive waste management Clay Club Geological disposal Proceedings …
    Published date: 12 June 2025
    Other
    Flyer: NEA Project on Waste Integration for Small and Advanced Reactor Designs (WISARD)
    SMR Radioactive waste management Generation IV reactors Radioactive waste management Joint project Advanced reactors …
    Published date: 7 March 2024
    Publications and Reports
    Fondements environnementaux et éthiques de l’évacuation géologique

    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...

    French Environmental protection Radioactive waste management RWMC Geological disposal …
    Published date: 8 January 1995
    Activity
    Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC)

    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 and enhancing stakeholder engagem...

    Human aspects of nuclear safety Decommissioning Stakeholder Radioactive waste management RWMC Stakeholder relations Legacy management Societal aspects of decommissioning and legacy management Stakeholder engagement Waste FSC …
    Published date: 18 February 2025
    NEA Document
    Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC): Co-ordination of Decision Making In Spain
    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...

    English Radioactive waste management RWMC FSC
    Published date: 26 October 2006
    Publications and Reports
    Fostering a Durable Relationship Between a Waste Management Facility and its Host Community

    In the field of long-term radioactive waste management, projects to construct repositories normally last from decades to centuries. Such projects will inevitably have an effect on the host community ...

    English Radioactive waste management Stakeholder engagement FSC Societal aspects of radioactive waste management …
    Published date: 12 January 2015
    Publications and Reports
    Fostering a Durable Relationship Between a Waste Management Facility and its Host Community

    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...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Decommissioning Decommissioning and legacy management Stakeholder Radioactive waste management RWMC Stakeholder relations Legacy management Societal aspects of decommissioning and legacy management Stakeholder engagement FSC Societal aspects of radioactive waste management …
    Published date: 14 June 2007
    NEA Document
    Fostering a Durable Relationship Between a Waste Management Facility and its Host Community: Adding Value through Design and Process
    NEA/RWM/FSC(2007)1
    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Stakeholder RWMC Stakeholder engagement Stakeholder relations FSC Societal aspects of radioactive waste management …
    Published date: 5 February 2007
    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
    Other
    From information and consultation to citizen influence and power - English A4 (2010)

    From information and consultation to citizen influence and power flyer – English A4

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Radioactive waste management Stakeholder Radioactive waste management Stakeholder engagement Stakeholder relations FSC Societal aspects of radioactive waste management …
    Published date: 26 May 2020
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