| Chair(s): |
Patrice FRANCOIS, France |
Secretary: |
Alexia MERCIER (alexia.mercier@oecd-nea.org) |
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| Vice-Chair(s): |
Paul MCCLELLAND, Canada Ian BARRACLOUGH, Norway Frank WIGLEY, United Kingdom Ming ZHU, United States | ||
| Member(s): | All NEA member countries* | ||
| Russia (Suspended*) | |||
| *Russian Federation suspended pursuant to a decision of the OECD Council. | |||
| Full participant(s): |
European Commission Under the NEA Statute | ||
| Observer(s)(International Organisation): |
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) By agreement | ||
| Date of creation: | 01 July 2024 | ||
| End of mandate: | 30 June 2025 |
Mandate (Document reference):
Mandate (Document extract):
Extract from the document NEA/DLM(2024)4/FINAL
Background
Building upon the work of the former Expert Group on Legacy Management (EGLM), the Expert Group on a Holistic Process for Decision Making on Decommissioning and Management of Complex Sites (HDCS) was created on 25 June 2020 as a third-level body of the Committee on Decommissioning of Nuclear Installations and Legacy Management (CDLM). Based on discussions presented at its sixth meeting, the CDLM recommends extending the mandate of the HDCS to allow for extensive feedback collection on the holistic process at external events, and their integration in its final report.
Scope
The HDCS will develop a holistic process for decision making and provide guidelines to allow an integral progression from recognition to resolution to decommission and manage complex sites.
Objectives
The HCDS will:
To this end, the HDCS will:
i. Collect and analyse feedback about the management of complex sites under decommissioning and remediation to identify how priorities are defined and addressed in the framework of the site strategy ensuring consistency with national strategies;
ii. Capture the feedback and recommendations provided by existing materials, including the former NEA Expert Group on Legacy Management (EGLM), related workshops, networks and publications;
iii. Capture the feedback and recommendations provided by other NEA bodies as well as external parties during conferences and meetings and other dissemination events;
iv. Learn from additional test cases on how processes could be improved;
v. Document the challenges and procedures to be considered and implemented to solve complex site situations, based on a holistic process for decision making.
Working methods
The mode of operation of the HDCS is based upon annual plenary meetings and an ongoing, project-oriented working programme, including experience sharing through case studies and topical workshops.
A Bureau consisting of the Chair and one or more Vice-Chairs will coordinate and facilitate the work of the HDCS. The Bureau will meet once or twice a year, with one meeting normally held in conjunction with the annual HDCS plenary meeting.
Communication within the HDCS will primarily take place through annual plenary meetings. The plenary meeting will be devoted to:
The HDCS will report to the CDLM.
Additionally, the HDCS will: (i) identify resources and schedules for its activities; (ii) form task teams to work on specific projects and organise workshops, as appropriate; and (iii) review the working programme and its effectiveness.
In fulfilling its Mandate, the HDCS will primarily be supported by the staff of the NEA Division of Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning.
Membership
The HDCS is a task-oriented expert group. It aims for a composition that includes a diverse range of experts in the field of decommissioning and legacy management, nominated by the member organisations of the CDLM. This representation will be wide-ranging, and includes policy makers, regulators, implementers and specialists in decommissioning and legacy management.
Interactions
Through the CDLM and the NEA Secretariat, the HDCS will co-operate with other CDLM bodies, as appropriate, such as the Regulators' Forum (RF) and the Working Party on Technical, Environmental and Safety Aspects of Decommissioning and Legacy Management (WPTES). It will also cooperate with other NEA standing technical committees and their subsidiary bodies when relevant, in particular, those of the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) and the Committee on Radiological Protection and Public Health (CRPPH).
The HDCS may also co-operate with the NEA Co-operative Programme for the Exchange of Scientific and Technical Information Concerning Nuclear Installation Decommissioning Projects (CPD), the OECD Environment Directorate, and other international organisations on matters of common interest.
The work of the HDCS is complementary to that of the IAEA and the European Commission; HDCS will co-operate with its relevant counterparts and will provide relevant input to the activities of these institutions, as appropriate.
Deliverables
The expert group will produce a report with the support of the Secretariat, describing the holistic process, presenting the case studies collected, and integrating the external feedback received during dissemination events.
