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(Some of the) IAEA activities relevant to radioactive waste disposal

DISPONET – Disposal of Large Volume of Radioactive Waste 25 – 28 November 2013, Vienna, Austria

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Reports (recent and under development) Peer Reviews International working groups and projects DISPONET activities URF Network activities CONNECT platform eLearning Side event to General Conference 2013: Positive Developments…

IAEA Activities relevant to Radioactive Waste Disposal

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Specific Safety Requirements SSR-5 (published) Disposal of radioactive waste Specific Safety Guide No. SSG-23 (published) The Safety Case and Safety Assessment for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste Specific Safety Guide No. DS356 (in publication) Near-Surface Disposal of Radioactive Waste Specific Safety Guide DS357 (in publication)

Monitoring and Surveillance of radioactive waste disposal facilities Safety standards relevant to Disposal (printed or cleared for publication)

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Nuclear Energy Series No. NW-T-1.24 Options for Management of Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste for Countries Developing New Nuclear Power Programmes CRP reports Characterization of swelling clays as components of the barrier system for geological repositories The use of numerical models in support of site characterization and performance assessment studies of geological repositories Behaviour of Cementitious Materials in Long Term Storage and Disposal of Radioactive Waste

Recent technical reports relevant to Disposal (printed or cleared for

publication)

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Final review

• Establishing

and managing a radioactive waste management

• rganization with responsibility for repository development
• Operation of disposal facilities
• Institutional considerations in the

development of multinational repositories

• Application of GIS in Radioactive Waste Disposal

Recent / Ongoing

• Design of disposal facilities
• Manage construction of disposal facilities
• Disposal of post-accident radioactive waste
• Cost estimate methodologies and financing schemes for disposal

Reports relevant to Disposal (draft publications)

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Peer Reviews relevant to Disposal of HLW and SF

• Korea: Report on peer review of geological disposal for high level

radioactive waste from pyro-processing in the Republic of Korea (2012)

• Russian Federation: International peer review on the deep well

injection practice for liquid radioactive waste (ongoing)

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Expert missions and workshops - INIG Multinational events

• Supporting Radioactive Waste Disposal in Newcomer Member States - Regional

Collaboration on Radioactive Waste Management in MENA Countries’ (April 2012, the United Arab Emirates. )

• Regional Workshop on Collaboration on Radioactive Waste Management in the Arab

Countries (November 2012, Tunisia)

• Stakeholder considerations as inputs into the strategic planning for radioactive

waste management(Organized through EPPUNE fund and DISPONET network,

October 2013, Philippines)

… and national events in embarking countries in the frame of technical cooperation as

• Training course “Roles and responsibilities in the Radioactive Waste Management” in

Nigeria

• Expert missions (e.g. on financing the RWM to Bangladesh) etc.

Infrastructure development in Newcomer Countries

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GEOSAF Project

International harmonization project on the demonstration of safety of geological disposal

• GEOSAF I 2008-2011
• GEOSAF II 2012-2014
• Development and review of

the safety case

• Integrates both operational

and long term safety

• Define the initial state of the

disposal facility at closure

Last meeting: 13-17 May 2013.

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Objectives & Expected Outcomes

• Share experience and

practical considerations

• Provide guidance document on the

role of human intrusion in context of the safety case

• Provide suggestions for

communication strategies to describe:

• Rationale for assessments of future

human actions

• Interpretation of the results of

assessment for the public

• Support further development of IAEA

Safety Standards

HIDRA Project

First plenary meeting: Nov. 2013, Vienna

Human Intrusion in the context of Disposal of Radioactive Waste

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Training and Demonstration of Waste Disposal Technologies in International Low Level Waste (LLW) Disposal Network (DISPONET)

• R&D studies in support of enhancing confidence in safety case for

LLW repositories (Budapest, Hungary, 27-30 May, 2013)

• Stakeholder engagement for RWM (Philippines, October 2013)
• Disposal of large volumes of waste (Vienna, November 2013)

DISPONET Network - 2013

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RER/9/103 “Training in Radioactive Waste Disposal Technologies in Underground Research Facilities”

• Identification, Analysis and Presentation of Spatial Variability in Site Investigations for

Radioactive Waste Repositories (IAEA, Vienna, 1-5 July 2013)

• Obtaining site data and developing numerical simulations to characterize and assess

processes relevant to Bentonite barriers and near-field interactions (Prague, Czech Republic and Cardiff, UK, 2-13 September 2013)

• Engineering for safe geological repository construction and operation (Peine,

Germany, 23-27 September 2013)

• Fundamentals of geological disposal (Mizunami, Japan, 11-15 November 2013)

RER/9/103 Regional Project - Training Events 2013

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CONNECT provides professionals in the IAEA’s communities of practice (Networks) with access to high- quality training materials and a means to share and collaborate

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CONNECT project

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• Full curriculum planned for radioactive waste management,

decommissioning and remediation

• Goal: Provide platform for internet based learning, to ensure

consistent preparation on fundamentals prior to engaging in more advanced, face to face learning

• Disposal is the first suite under development (~20 modules with ~ 70

segments)

• Target: Finalize disposal modules by early 2014

Development of eLearning Modules

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• During the 2013 General Conference: Dedicated 1 ½ hours to review positive

developments worldwide on RW disposal

• Examples illustrating low and intermediate level waste disposal: Vaalputs

(South-Africa, Trench type), El Cabril (Spain, Engineered), and WIPP (USA, Geological)

• Examples illustrating HLW/SF disposal: Forsmark (Sweden), Olkiluoto (Finland),

Meuse – Haute/Marne (France)

• IAEA gives particular attention to RW disposal:

Opening remarks by DDG-NE

• Well attended and appreciated by audience
• Slides – recording available on IAEA-NE Department web sites

GC 2013: Side event on RW Disposal