The OECD/NEA Working Group on the Characterisation, the Understanding and the Performance of Argillaceous Rocks as Repository Host Formations, namely the “Clay Club”, examines the various argillaceou...

The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) organised a workshop on the “Management of Uncertainty in Safety Cases and the Role of Risk” in Stockholm, Sweden, on 2-4 February 2004. The workshop’s main objec...

Le processus de décision mis en place pour convevoir et mettre en oeuvre des modes de stockage à long terme des déchets radioactifs se déroule sur des décennies, comporte maintes étapes et fait inter...

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...

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...

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...

The definition of the chemical and isotopic composition of the groundwater present in argillaceous formations, which are considered as potential host rocks for radioactive waste disposal, is crucial ...

The NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) is a forum of senior operators, regulators, policy makers, and senior representatives of R&D institutions in the field of radioactive waste manag...

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...

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...