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The opening session of the Sixth International Conference on Geological Repositories (ICGR-6) in Helsinki, Finland. Photo: Krystal Kenney
There is consensus within the international scientific commun...
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18 April 2024
There is a consensus in the international community that geological repositories provide the necessary long-term safety and security to isolate long-lived radioactive waste. However, despite the tech...
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4 September 2023
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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...
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13 June 2023
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31 May 2023
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...
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19 January 2023
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7 December 2022
The FSC workshop participants discussed best practices for community and youth engagement around the topic of radioactive waste disposal.
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26 October 2022
放射性廃棄物は、医療・産業・研究・発電など幅広い活動から発生する。このような廃棄物はすべて、人の健康と環境の保護を最優先して安全に管理しなくてはならない。何十年にも及ぶ研究活動を経て、国際科学界は今では、高レベル放射性廃棄物を深地層最終処分場(DGR)に定置することが安全かつ効果的であると確信するに至っている。
各国政府は、それぞれが最良であると信じるエネルギー・環境政策を実施する絶対的な権利と責...
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Spent nuclear fuel repository site, Olkiluoto, Finland. Photo: Kallerna.
Introduction
The Sixth International Conference on Geological Repositories (ICGR) took place in Helsinki, Finland from 4-8 A...
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3 November 2022
The Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) provides advice to the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) on major and emerging issues to facilitate the development of waste management st...
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17 March 2022
The NEA and Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) co-organised an online International Workshop on Joint Utilisation of Underground Research Laboratories in Research. The event was h...
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28 September 2021
The NEA hosted an online expert roundtable discussion on 24 June 2021 on safety case projects of three different types of disposal facilities in member countries.
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1 July 2021
NEA Salt Club meeting, 11-12 May 2021.
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28 May 2021
The Joint IGSC/SITEX Seminar on Regulatory Review of Safety Cases for Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste, held in Paris, France on 21-22 February 2017, provided a forum for international organi...
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5 May 2021
The ICGR brings together high-level decision-makers from regulatory and local government bodies, waste management organisations and public stakeholder communities to review current perspectives of ge...
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26 February 2021
IGSC activities in the field of Assessment Strategy and Tool evaluate effective assessment tools and strategies in developing and integrating a safety case.
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16 February 2021
The NEA Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) has served as the most important and effective international platform for developing and integrating the science and engineering necessary to unde...
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21 December 2020
NEA Clay Club annual meeting, 23 September 2020.
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16 December 2020
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
NEA Clay Club annual meeting, 23 September 2020.
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9 October 2020
Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) flyer.
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24 September 2020
Radiological protection and geological disposal flyer on the guiding principles and recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP).
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24 September 2020
Brochure sur la protection radiologique et stockage géologique qui concerne les principes et recommandations de la Commission international de protection radiologique (CIPR).
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24 September 2020
Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) flyer on the Construction and Operation of Geological Disposal Facilities for High-Level Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel: Challenges and Opportunities.
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23 September 2020
Brochure du Comité sur la gestion des déchets radioactifs (RWMC) de l’AEN au sujet de « Stockages géologiques de déchets radioactifs de haute activité et de combustible usé : enjeux et opportunités »...
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23 September 2020
This is the summary of the key issues discussed in the topical session of the 14th IGSC meeting.
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21 September 2020
This document describes the synthesis requirements for Master and PhD students to apply for the opportunities to deliver presentations in the Sixth International Conference on Geological Repositories...
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1 September 2020
This document provides hotel details for participants in the Sixth International Conference on Geological Repositories (ICGR).
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1 September 2020
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
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...
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30 July 2020
Concept paper for ICGR 2020: Advancing Geological Repositories from Concept to Operation, 8-12 November 2020, Helsinki, Finland
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10 July 2020
Draft agenda for ICGR 2020: Advancing Geological Repositories from Concept to Operation, 8-12 November 2020, Helsinki, Finland
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10 July 2020
NEA/RWM/R(2018)2
This paper focuses on the information and requirements management for the disposal of the radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel (SNF). Thus, the product of the requirements is the deep geological ...
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7 July 2020
Radioactive waste results from many different activities in health care, industry, research, and power production. All such waste must be managed safely, with the protection of human health and the e...
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1 January 2020
NEA Expert Group on Operational Safety (EGOS) meeting, 7 October 2019.
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18 November 2019
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18 November 2019
Presentation made at the IGSC Safety Symposium 2018, held on 10-11 October 2018.
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15 October 2018
Worldwide consensus exists within the international community that geological repositories can provide the necessary long-term safety and security to isolate long-lived radioactive waste from the hum...
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4 April 2017
Worldwide consensus exists within the international community that geological repositories can provide the necessary long-term safety and security to isolate long-lived radioactive waste from the hum...
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10 December 2016
Summary record extracted from NEA/RWM/IGSC(2016)10/PROV concerning the topical session on the demonstration of repository technology.
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12 October 2016
The Nuclear Energy Agency carried out an independent peer review of Japan’s siting process and criteria for the geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste in May 2016. The review concluded t...
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20 January 2016
NEA/RWM/R(2014)4
Nations with nuclear power programmes are, or intend to, become engaged in planning to dispose of their higher-level and/or longer-lived radioactive waste in deep geologic repositories. If they remai...
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21 March 2014
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2013)10
This document is the summary record of the 2nd meeting of the Salt Club held in Berlin, Germany on 16 September 2013. The Salt Club operates under the aegis of the Integration Group for the Safety Ca...
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13 March 2014
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2014)2/PROV1
This document describes the mission and objectives of the Salt Club for a proposed extended mandate (May 2014-December 2015) under the aegis of the IGSC.
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13 March 2014
NEA/RWM/RF(2014)2
This document presents the most complete analysis of the use of the words control, oversight, etc. as used in NEA, IAEA and ICRP literature connected to radioactive waste disposal. It reveals the man...
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11 March 2014
NEA/RWM/R(2013)10
This document describes the proceedings of an IGSC international workshop was convened in Braunschweig, Germany on 5-7 September 2013, with the purpose of identifying and compiling information on kno...
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3 March 2014
À l’heure où s’achève la première phase du travail de DCM, le Comité de la gestion des déchets radioactifs (RWMC) de l’OCDE/AEN constate que le contexte a beaucoup changé depuis les années 80, quand ...
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1 March 2014
At the end of its first phase of RK&M work, the OECD/NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) observed that the context has changed considerably since the 1980s, when RK&M preservation was t...
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1 March 2014
NEA/RWM(2014)3
This document aims at providing a starting point for discussing the usefulness of launching an international discussion and reflection on the basic elements, the concrete experiences and the challeng...
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27 February 2014
NEA/RWM/R(2014)2
This report presents a comprehensive look at the general monitoring information, practices and approaches used in the various national geological disposal programmes and elaborated in a number of int...
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26 February 2014
Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) brochure on the long-term safety case for geological disposal of radioactive waste.
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1 February 2014
NEA/RWM/R(2013)8
This Technical Note makes proposals for revisions to the NEA International FEP List in light of the review of the project-specific FEP lists recently developed (i.e. since 2006) by organisations asse...
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13 January 2014
NEA/RWM/R(2013)7
This Technical Note reviews the relevant project-specific FEP lists recently developed (i.e. since 2006) by organisations assessing the post-closure safety of the deep disposal of radioactive waste. ...
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19 December 2013
NEA/RWM/R(2013)6
The key objective of this joint RF/IGSC workshop was to identify, and exchange experience on, the current and future challenges faced by implementers and regulators when preparing for their applicati...
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31 October 2013
NEA/RWM/R(2013)5
This study was originally commissioned by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy between 2008 and 2010. The intention was to investigate the state of the art on marking with a view to learning lessons fo...
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25 October 2013
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2013)3/PROV
The first meeting of the Salt Club (SC-1) took place at the NEA Offices in Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France on 04 December 2012. This draft summary record reviews the main items and decisions.
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10 September 2013
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2013)1
This document describes the mandate of the IGSC Expert Group on Operational Safety (EG-OS) in 2013. The aim of the expert group is to identify, evaluate and help define international best practice in...
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1 July 2013
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2013)2
This document describes the Programme of Work (PoW) of the Expert Group on Operational Safety in 2013 to 2014. Work activities outlined here were approved by the EG-OS at their kickoff meeting h...
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27 June 2013
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2013)2/PROV
This document describes the provisional Programme of Work (PoW) of the Expert Group on Operational Safety in 2013 to 2014. Work activities outlined here were approved by the EG-OS at their kickoff me...
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27 June 2013
NEA/RWM/CLAYCLUB(2013)1
This document contains the proceedings of the NEA Clay Club workshop on Clay Characterisation from Nanoscopic to Microscopic Resolution. The workshop was intented to provide a discussion platform on ...
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16 May 2013
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2013)1/PROV
This document describes the provisional mandate of the IGSC Expert Group on Operational Safety (EG-OS). The aim of the expert group is to identify, evaluate and help define international best practic...
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25 February 2013
NEA/RWM/RF(2013)1
This discussion paper was provided to the Regulators’ Forum (RF) of the RWMC to spark discussion on the impact of the concept of oversight and of the ICRP-122 recommendations on national and internat...
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19 February 2013
Le stockage des déchets radioactifs à haute activité dans des formations géologiques stables caractérisées par des écoulements d’eaux souterraines faibles est l’étape ultime de leur gestion. Les labo...
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1 February 2013
Final disposal in engineered repositories built deep underground in stable geological formations with low groundwater flow is the ultimate end-point for managing long-lived highly radioactive waste. ...
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1 February 2013
In 2001, the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) published a report describing the role of underground research laboratories (URLs) in nuclear waste dispo...
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4 January 2013
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
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
NEA/RWM/M(2012)2
As the ICRP finalized its guidelines on the application of ICRP-103 to geologic disposal, the RWMC and the CRPPH held a joint session to discuss the ICRP forthcoming guidelines and interpretation iss...
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29 June 2012
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
NEA/RWM/R(2012)3/REV
This report presents the proceedings of a workshop on the roles, evolution and interactions of cementitious materials in geological disposal facilities for radioactive waste. The workshop was organis...
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2 March 2012
Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) flyer on engineered barriers and geological disposal.
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1 March 2012
NEA/RWM/RF(2012)1/PROV
In the area of radioactive waste management, the regulator or safety authority has emerged as a principal actor in the eyes of civil society. This study shows how regulators are increasing their inte...
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13 February 2012
Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) brochure au sujet des barrières ouvragées et stockage en formation géologique.
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1 January 2012
本報告書は、2007 年に OECD/NEA 放射性廃棄物管理委員会が始めた可逆性と回収可能性(R&R)に関する 4 年間にわたる国際プロジェクトの最終的な詳細報告書である。本プロジェクトの主要なマイルストーンは、文献調査を行うこと、NEA 加盟諸国の R&R に対する考え方を調査すること、および広範な関係者グループ内で議論することであった。この議論は、フランスのランスでの国際会議・意見交換会(...
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1 January 2012
NEA/RWM(2011)16
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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28 November 2011
NEA/RWM(2011)15
This is the final draft of a brochure to be published in December 2011 by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) (in English and in French). This interim file is...
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25 November 2011
Experience indicates that RK&M need to be actively managed from the start of the waste management programmes. Several radioactive waste disposal programmes are now approaching implementation. The NEA...
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1 November 2011
各国において,処分計画における可逆性および回収可能性の意義と役割を明確にすること, および長期安全性を最優先にすることの重要性は認識されている。このリーフレットは,NEA のプロジェクトで得られ た, 可逆性および回収可能性に関する現時点での認識を取りまとめたもので, 多くの国の処分計画に適応可能な一般的な回収可能性の考え方を示す尺度(Retrievability Scale) が含まれている。...
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1 November 2011
Ce dépliant résume la compréhension actuelle développée dans le cadre du projet international de l’AEN en matière de réversibilité et récupérabilité. Il présente également une Echelle de Récupérabili...
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1 November 2011
The present leaflet summarises the current understanding developed in the NEA international project on reversibility and retrievability. The leafelt includes a generic Retrievability Scale that is ad...
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1 November 2011
放射性廃棄物処分場の操業及び操業終了後の存続期間にわたって行われる長期かつ複雑な意思決定プロセスを支援するためには、世代を超えた記録、知識、記憶(RK&M)の保存が必要とされます。これは、未曾有の時間枠において混じり合う技術、科学、社会、文化に関する情報を管理する課題として認識されます。
RK&M が廃棄物処分計画の開始時期から積極的に管理されるべきであることについては、経験からも明らか です。...
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1 November 2011
L’expérience montre qu’il faut entreprendre cette tâche dès le démarrage des programmes de gestion des déchets. Plusieurs stockages de déchets radioactifs sont maintenant proches de leur mise en œuvr...
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1 November 2011
The present leaflet summarises the current understanding developed in the NEA international project on reversibility and retrievability. The leaflet includes a generic Retrievability Scale that is ad...
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1 June 2011
NEA/RWM/PEER(2011)1
Over the past two decades the NEA, on behalf of requesting countries, has regularly organised international peer reviews of national safety reports in the field of geological disposal of radioactive ...
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26 April 2011
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
À toutes les phases du cycle du combustible nucléaire, mais aussi lorsque l’on utilise des substances radioactives dans l’industrie, la recherche et en médecine, on produit des déchets radioactifs. L...
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24 September 2010
Radioactive waste is associated with all phases of the nuclear fuel cycle as well as the use of radioactive materials in medicine, research and industry. For the most hazardous and long-lived waste, ...
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24 September 2010
NEA/RWM(2010)10
This draft report deals with the concepts of reversibility and retrievability for the deep disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent fuel. It documents the results of an initiative that was ...
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24 September 2010
Disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel in engineered facilities, or repositories, located deep underground in suitable geological formations is being developed worldwide as t...
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1 June 2010
NEA/RWM(2010)8
The work of the RWMC Regulators’ Forum on regulation and safety criteria for geological disposal of radioactive wastes, which culminated in the Tokyo workshop of January 2009, has identified a number...
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6 May 2010
La thématique de ce 7e atelier du Forum sur la confiance des parties prenantes (FSC) concernait la mise en œuvre du programme français de gestion des déchets de haute activité et de moyenne activité ...
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13 April 2010
This 7th Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) workshop focused on the territorial implementation of France’s high-level and long-lived intermediate-level waste management programme. Sessions address...
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12 April 2010
National radioactive waste management programmes are in various phases of siting facilities and rely on distinct technical approaches for different categories of waste. In all cases, it is necessary ...
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6 April 2010
NEA/RWM(2010)7
Long-term preservation of records, knowledge and memory is an important component of the RWMC programme of work. As part of its series of initiatives in this area, the RWMC surveyed national programm...
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26 March 2010
Alors que les programmes nationaux de stockage géologique progressent vers leur mise en œuvre, le concept d’« optimisation » et les exigences réglementaires associées suscitent une attention accrue. ...
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12 March 2010
As national geological disposal programmes progress towards implementation, the concept of “optimisation” and related requirements are receiving increased attention. Exchanges within NEA expert group...
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11 March 2010
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
Le présent document donne une vue d’ensemble synthétique des avancées de la réglementation et des recommandations, aux niveaux tant international que national, et des initiatives internationales et m...
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24 February 2010
This paper provides in a concise form an overview of the development of regulation and guidance at both national and international levels, on international and multi-national initiatives for developi...
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24 February 2010
The European Commission (EC) and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) have, over the past several years, sponsored a project on the engineered barrier system (EBS) used in geological disposal of long...
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1 January 2010
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
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
NEA/RWM/RF(2009)1
This document reports the main findings from the RWMC Regulators’ Forum (RF) Workshop, as discussed and approved at the RF meeting in March 2009. The workshop was held in Tokyo, Japan on 20-22 Januar...
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6 May 2009
Disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel in engineered facilities, or repositories, located deep underground in suitable geological formations is being developed worldwide as t...
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24 March 2009
Geological settings selected as potential host formations for the deep geological disposal of radioactive waste are chosen for, among other assets, their long-term stability and buffering capacity ag...
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20 March 2009
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
NEA/RWM/RF(2008)2
This document reviews the regulatory developments in the field of geologic disposal since the Cordoba Workshop of 1997. It supports the Tokyo workshop of the RWMC Regulators' Forum (20-22 January 200...
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9 January 2009
NEA/RWM/RF(2008)6
The last decade has seen significant progress in several countries on the siting of repositories for deep disposal of long-lived radioactive waste. In parallel with this, regulatory authorities have ...
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19 December 2008
NEA/RWM/RF(2008)5/PROV
The present document summarizes and reviews the concepts relevant to the optimisation of geological disposal systems as they are outlined in national and international guidance as well as in the work...
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27 November 2008
Le Comité de la gestion des déchets radioactifs (RWMC) de l’AEN a mis en avant les fondements environnementaux et éthiques relatifs au stockage géologique et s’est prononcé sur sa faisabilité techniq...
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1 September 2008
The NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) has underscored the environmental and ethical basis for geological disposal as well as its technical feasibility in a number of previous collecti...
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1 September 2008
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
NEA/RWM(2008)5/REV2
This document represents the final version of the collective statement of the Radioactiave Waste Management Committee (RWMC) on moving forward with geologic disposal. The intent is to produce a publi...
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12 June 2008
La réglementation de la sûreté à long terme du stockage géologique des déchets radioactifs pose des défis particuliers en raison des vastes échelles de temps concernées. Ce rapport a été préparé afin...
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21 March 2008
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 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
NEA/RWM/RF(2007)3
This interim document provides a summary of viewpoints, papers and written reports of the NEA/RWMC workshop on Regulating for the Long-Term Safety of Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste: Practic...
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29 June 2007
The long-term safety of deep disposal of radioactive waste will be strongly dependent on the performance of the geological setting. The geology fulfils important safety functions including isolating ...
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22 June 2007
NEA/RWM/RF(2007)1
Le projet LTSC (Long-term Safety Criteria) a été initié en 2004 par le Forum des régulateurs du Comité de la gestion des déchets radioactifs (RWMC-RF) dans le but d'examiner les critères utilisés dan...
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20 June 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
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
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2007)4/PROV
This document outlines the preliminary programme and pre-registration steps to participate in the third AMIGO Workshop on Approaches and Challenges for the Use of Geological Information in the Safety...
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10 April 2007
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...
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16 February 2007
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2006)3
The report is aimed at interested parties that already have some detailed background knowledge of safety assessment methodologies and safety cases, including safety assessment practitioners and regul...
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4 January 2007
A major activity of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in the field of radioactive waste management is the organisation of international peer reviews of national studies and projects. The peer revi...
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17 July 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
NEA/RWM/PEER(2006)1
It was the wish of the French Government that the NEA organise an international peer review of the Dossier 2005 Argile produced by the French National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management (Andra)....
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27 January 2006
放射性廃棄物の地下処分プログラムでは、処分場設計に用いる地層科学パラメータの不確実性や長期安全性が問題となる。誰もが受け入れられる安全な放射性廃棄物処分プログラムを構築するためには、実施主体、規制側、研究者、政治家、一般市民の間で活発な議論を行い、URL などの地下施設を建設して、岩盤の特性調査、試験、技術開発、実証活動を計画・実施していく必要がある。
このような中、本資料では 2001 年に発行...
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19 October 2005
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...
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2 September 2005
Most experts worldwide agree that radioactive waste disposal in engineered facilities, or repositories, located in appropriate formations deep underground, provide a suitable waste management option ...
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3 August 2005
NEA/RWM/CLAYCLUB(2005)2
The Clay Club is a working group on Characterisation, Understanding and Performance of Argillaceous Rocks as Repository Host Formations. This document outlines the agenda of its 15th meeting.
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28 July 2005
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...
Published date:
1 June 2005
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...
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25 February 2005
Various long-term radioactive waste management options have been considered in order to protect humans and the environment both now and in the future. Most experts worldwide agree that disposal in en...
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25 February 2005
NEA/RWM/CLAYCLUB(2004)5
This document is the summary record of the 14th Plenary Meeting of the NEA's Integration Group for the Safety Case's (IGSC) Clay Club, held at the ONDRAF/NIRAS offices in Brussels, Belgium on 20-21 O...
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1 December 2004
NEA/RWM/CLAYCLUB(2004)6
This document reports the main items discussed and decisions made at the 14th Plenary Meeting of the NEA's Integration Group for the Safety Case's (IGSC) Clay Club, held at the ONDRAF/NIRAS offices i...
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1 December 2004
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
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...
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19 July 2004
Disposal of long-lived radioactive waste in engineered facilities deep underground is being widely investigated worldwide in order to protect humans and the environment both now and in the future. Th...
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19 July 2004
When preparing the safety case for a deep geological repository of radioactive waste, the integration of wide-ranging information from multidisciplinary sources is a complex task. This has provided t...
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1 June 2004
Studies are under way in Switzerland to investigate various aspects of the geological disposal of radioactive waste. This report presents the results of the international peer review organised by the...
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23 April 2004
Im schweizerischen Projekt Entsorgungsnachweis untersucht die Nagra die Sicherheit der geologischen Tiefenlagerung von radioaktiven Abfällen im Opalinuston des Zürcher Weinlands. Der vorliegende Beri...
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22 April 2004
L’AEN a organisé en avril 2002 un atelier sur la “Gestion des échelles de temps dans le cadre de l’évaluation de sûreté en phase post-fermeture” de stockages de déchets radioactifs en formation géolo...
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1 March 2004
A workshop entitled “The Handling of Timescales in Assessing Post-closure Safety” of deep geological repositories for radioactive waste was organised by the NEA in April 2002. This report presents th...
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10 February 2004
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...
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28 November 2003
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
Le présent rapport contient les conclusions du Groupe international de revue instauré par le Secrétariat de l'AEN à la demande du gouvernement français afin de faire évaluer par des pairs le Dossier ...
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5 September 2003
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...
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3 July 2003
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...
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3 July 2003
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2003)4
The Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) conducted this workshop under the joint auspices of the EC and the NEA, at Keble College, Oxford on 25-27 September...
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27 May 2003
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2003)3
This document contains the final programme of the Approaches and Methods for Integrating Geologic Information in the Safety Case (AMIGO) Workshop on Building Confidence using Multiple Lines of Eviden...
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22 May 2003
This report presents the common views of the International Review Team established by the NEA Secretariat on behalf of the Belgian government to perform a peer review of the SAFIR 2 report, produced ...
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2 April 2003
A workshop entitled the “Handling of timescales in assessing post-closure safety” of deep geological repositories for radioactive waste was organised in Paris on 16-18 April 2002 and hosted by the Fr...
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22 November 2002
On 18 May 2001, the Finnish Parliament ratified the Decision in Principle (DiP) on the final disposal facility for spent nuclear fuel at Olkiluoto, in the municipality of Eurajoki. This followed posi...
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20 September 2002
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...
Published date:
23 May 2002
GEOTRAP – the OECD/NEA Project on Radionuclide Migration in Geologic, Heterogeneous Media – was carried out in the context of site evaluation and safety assessment of deep repository systems for long...
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1 March 2002
The Department of Energy of the United States of America (USDOE) has been studying the Yucca Mountain site in Nevada for more than 15 years to determine whether it is a suitable place to construct an...
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22 February 2002
GEOTRAP is the OECD/NEA Project on Radionuclide Migration in Geologic, Heterogeneous Media carried out in the context of site evaluation and safety assessment of deep repository systems for long-live...
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14 February 2002
La réversibilité des décisions est un concept important dans le processus de décision par étapes qui est prévu pour le stockage géologique des déchets radioactifs. Les implications liées à la récupér...
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4 February 2002
Omvändbara beslut är en viktig faktor att överväga i den stegvisa beslutsprocess som förutsätts bli tillämpad i samband med tillkomsten av byggda geologiska förvar för radioaktivt avfall. Hur återtag...
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1 January 2002
地下研究实验室(URLs)对于提供核废物处置设施的设计、建造以及处置库开发各个阶段必须提交的安全全过程系统分析所需的科技信息和实践经验至关重要。
本报告概述了在处置库开发计划中建设地下研究实验室的目的,核能署成员国迄今已开发或计划开发的地下研究实验室概况,此类设施对于处置库开发计划和安全全过程系统分析开发的不同作用,各国处置计划中对地下研究实验室开发时机的把握,以及地下研究实验室开发中国际合作的...
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30 November 2001
Reversibility of decisions is an important consideration in the stepwise decision-making process that is foreseen for engineered geologic disposal of radioactive waste. The implications of favouring ...
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20 November 2001
Underground research laboratories (URLs) are essential to provide the scientific and technical information and practical experience that are needed for the design and construction of nuclear waste di...
Published date:
20 November 2001
Les laboratoires de recherche souterrains sont des outils essentiels à l'acquisition de données scientifiques et techniques et d'expérience pratique nécessaires à la conception et à la construction d...
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20 November 2001
NEA/RWM/RETREV(2001)2
The intention of this document is to provide an exploration of the relevant issues based on the current understanding and views of experts from the waste management community in NEA Member countries....
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17 September 2001
NEA/RWM(2001)6/rev1
The NEA Co-ordinating Group on Site Evaluation and Design of Experiments for Radioactive Waste Disposal (SEDE) decided in late 1998 to prepare a technical position paper on Going Underground for Test...
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8 June 2001
In underground repositories for radioactive waste, significant quantities of gases may be generated as a result of several processes. The potential impact of gas generation, accumulation and migratio...
Published date:
20 April 2001
GEOTRAP is the OECD/NEA Project on Radionuclide Migration in Geologic, Heterogeneous Media carried out in the context of site evaluation and safety assessment of deep repository systems for long-live...
Published date:
13 February 2001
NEA/RWM/CLAYCLUB(2001)5
A topical session focused on the Evidence of, and Approaches to Self-Healing in Argillaceous Media was organised in the framework to the 11th meeting of the Clay Club, held in Nancy, France on 16 May...
Published date:
29 January 2001
Integrated performance assessments (IPAs) of radioactive waste repositories deep underground are made at different stages of repository development in order, for example, to allow full-scale developm...
Published date:
21 July 2000
Radioaktivt avfall av alla slag måste hanteras på ett ansvarsfullt sätt nu och i framtiden med hänsyn både till människors hälsa och till skyddet av miljön. Avfallet måste också skyddas mot intrång. ...
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26 January 2000
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...
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19 January 2000
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 ...
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6 January 2000
This report is aimed at safety assessors of deep geological repositories and at technical specialists concerned with radioactive waste disposal. It is intended to improve communication among interest...
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6 January 2000
Assurer la gestion des déchets résultant de la production d’énergie nucléaire dans des conditions sûres, respectueuses de l’environnement et économiques, constitue un défi important qui conditionne l...
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1 January 2000
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...
Published date:
1 January 2000
This report presents the common views of the International Review Team established by the NEA Secretariat on behalf of the Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate (SKI) to perform a peer review of a post-...
Published date:
1 January 2000
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...
Published date:
1 November 1999
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...
Published date:
15 October 1999
GEOTRAP is the OECD/NEA Project on Radionuclide Migration in Geologic, Heterogeneous Media carried out in the context of site evaluation and safety assessment of deep repository systems for long-live...
Published date:
13 October 1999
The concept of removing long-lived radioactive wastes from the human environment by disposal in deep geological repositories was developed several decades ago. In the intervening years, research effo...
Published date:
1 May 1999
Nirex has responsibilities for nuclear waste management in the UK. The company’s top level scientific objectives are to maintain technical credibility in deep disposal, to gain public acceptance for ...
Published date:
1 January 1999
The concept of removing long-lived radioactive wastes from the human environment by disposal in deep geological repositories was developed several decades ago. In the intervening years, research effo...
Published date:
1 January 1999
GEOTRAP is the OECD/NEA Project on Radionuclide Migration in Geologic, Heterogeneous Media carried out in the context of site characterisation and evaluation and safety assessment of deep repository ...
Published date:
8 January 1998
An evaluation of the occurrence of fluid flow through faults and fractures is of primary importance for the performance assessment of radioactive waste repositories located in argillaceous settings.
Published date:
4 January 1998
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 ...
Published date:
5 January 1997
In 1994, a Working Group was set up under the PAAG on Integrated Performance Assessments of Deep Repositories (IPAG). The aim of the group is to provide a forum for informed discussion on performance...
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1 January 1997
One of the initiatives of the Clay Club has been to launch a compilation and a review of the relevant literature on the basic concepts and mechanisms which control the movement of water, solute and g...
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4 January 1996
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...
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8 January 1995
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
Many different estimates for the cost of radioactive waste disposal in geological repositories have been published. This study, aimed at the general reader, illustrates why the published cost estimat...
Published date:
1 January 1993