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  AGENDA TOPICS AND CRITICAl ISSUES INClUDE:              KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
                                                          Alun Ellis,                   Andrew Orrell,
  • Identifying host communities                          Repository Director,          Director of Nuclear Energy,
    that are willing to engage in site                    NDA, UNITED KINGDOM           SANDIA NATIONAl
                                                                                        lABORATORIES,
    selection                                             Pierre Forbes,                UNITED STATES
                                                          Director of Underground
  • Discovering solutions for                             Research Laboratory,          Richard Shaw,
                                                          ANDRA, FRANCE                 Project Leader,
    licensing a high-level nuclear                                                      BRITISH GEOlOGICAl
                                                          Juhani Vira,                  SURVEY, UNITED KINGDOM
    waste repository in Finland                           Research Director,
                                                          POSIVA, FINlAND               Jirí Slovák,
  • Outlining the European                                                              Head of the Department
    Commissions Euratom Framework                         Johan Swahn,
                                                          Director,
                                                                                        of Geological Repository
                                                                                        Development,
    Programme                                             MKG, SWEDEN                   RAWRA, CZECH REPUBlIC

  • Analysing the status of the                           Simon Webster,                Kazumi Kitayama,
                                                          Head of Unit,                 Senior Technical Advisor,
    Swedish system for final disposal                      EUROPEAN COMMISSION,          NUMO JAPAN
    of high-level waste                                   BElGIUM

                                                          Ann McCall,
  • Evaluating the current                                Vice President,
    management approach to waste                          SKB IC, SWEDEN

    across Europe and internationally
  • Understanding methods to build
    world class repositories
  • Lessons learnt from Yucca


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Programme Day One                                                           Monday 9 November 2009

08:30   Registration                                                        10:30   Morning refreshments

08:50   Opening remarks from the Chair                                      11:00   Assuring the long-term safety of disposal: regulatory
                                                                                    expectations
OVERCOMING THE SOCIAl ISSUES                                                        A major issue for deep disposal is managing long-term safety
09:00   Keynote opening presentation                                                issues. The safety of a geological repository depends on
        UNITED KINGDOM CASE STUDY: Finding host communities that                    the barriers that provide the containment functions. This
        are willing to engage in site selection                                     presentation will provide an update on new developments
         The UK nuclear scene has moved forward dramatically in                     regarding long-term safety from the perspective of the regulator
        recent years and it is generally accepted that deep geological          ●   What matters to an environmental regulator
        disposal is the optimum long-term safe method for disposal              ●   The Environment Agency's recent (2009) regulatory guidance
        of higher activity nuclear waste. Before this happens a site for            on geological disposal and near-surface disposal: Objective,
        disposal needs to be chosen which requires engagement with                  Principles and Requirements
        communities and obtaining their support                                 ●   An Environmental Safety Case: the "golden thread" that must
    ●   The 2008 Managing Radioactive Waste Safely White Paper                      run through a developer's programme
    ●   Finding communities willing to engage in the site selection             ●   The vital importance of stakeholder engagement
        process and increasing the transparency surrounding the                 ●   Key international initiatives: co-operation through OECD-NEA's
        subject of nuclear waste                                                    Radioactive Waste Management Committee; European pilot
    ●   Highlighting the importance of stakeholder engagement                       study on the regulatory review of the Safety Case
    ●   Supporting communities to help them understand the scientific               Clive Williams, Policy Development Manager for Radioactive
        basis for deep geological nuclear disposal                                  Substances Radiation, ENVIRONMENT AGENCY, UNITED
    ●   Successfully conquering the suspicion towards the nuclear                   KINGDOM
        industry by discussing both the technical aspects of the safe
        implementation of a geological disposal facility and the wider      BUIlDING A WORlD ClASS REPOSITORY
        social, economic and environment issues involved                    11:30   Managing the design options for a deep geological repository
    ●   Very latest developments in Cumbria: the progress of site                   to prepare for the future
        selection to date                                                           Repositories will be built and therefore need to be designed.
    ●   Keeping the impetus going: taking advantage of the current                  Once a site has been chosen, steps are taken to design the
        window of opportunity                                                       repositories; however this is a complicated process due to
    ●   Learning from our European counterparts: Sweden has two                     dissimilar rock formations which require site specific design.
        municipalities volunteering for a repository site, have they done           This presentation is essential to prepare for the future of high
        anything differently?                                                       level nuclear waste
        Alun Ellis, Repository Director, NDA, UNITED KINGDOM                    ●   Basic principles of geological disposal facility (GDF)
                                                                                    performance and design
09:30   International co-operation: Ensuring that all countries have
                                                                                ●   UK site identification procedure and waste inventory impacts
        access to state-of-the-art geological repositories
                                                                                    on GDF concepts
        Despite the different rock formations, development levels,
                                                                                ●   Generic high level waste (HLW) and spent fuel repository
        economic status and social circumstances in countries
                                                                                    concepts appropriate to the UK
        worldwide, it is vitally important that countries with hazardous
                                                                                ●   Implications of potential co-location with disposal of long lived
        radioactive wastes learn from each other, collaborate and share
                                                                                    low and intermediate level wastes (LILW-LL)
        resources in order to ensure global safety and security
                                                                                ●   Some key issues in progressive design optimisation and
    ●   The nuclear revival in Europe and globally: co-operation
                                                                                    programme development
        between countries is essential
                                                                                    Neil Chapman, Chairman, ITC SCHOOl, SWITZERlAND
    ●   Focusing on a common objective using a range of avenues to
        learn from each other
    ●   Sharing knowledge and opinions on safety and waste                  12:00   Lunch
        management to ensure protection of the public, workforce and
        environment                                                         13:20   Design options for a repository operation: methods and results
    ●   Understanding differing regulatory practices across Europe                  of R&D on remote operation technology
    ●   Past and present vehicles for co-operation on waste disposal                Under the condition of having no specific candidate site for
    ●   Outlining the possibility of one European repository; progress              a deep underground repository, a wide variety of technical
        of the European pilot study to date                                         options are required to assure the feasibility of the repository
        Charles McCombie, Executive Director, ARIUS FOUNDATION,                     concepts in Japan. Through reviewing the R&D methods and
        SWITZERlAND                                                                 results of the remote operation technology, design basis,
                                                                                    design option and handling of accumulated information should
10:00   Panel discussion                                                            be discussed
        Standardising the management approach to waste across                   ●   A brief history of the R&D program for remote operation
        Europe and internationally                                                  technology
        Alun Ellis, Repository Director, NDA, UNITED KINGDOM                    ●   Introduction of the R&D methods and their results
        Ann McCall, Vice President, SKB, SWEDEN                                 ●   Quality and long-term performance of manufactured/
        Charles McCombie, Executive Director, ARIUS FOUNDATION,                     constructed EBS
        SWITZERlAND                                                             ●   Design confirmation and demonstration for the options
        Pierre Forbes, Director of Underground Research laboratory,             ●   A brief discussion of design option and information
        ANDRA, FRANCE                                                               management
        Simon Webster, Head of Unit, EUROPEAN COMMISSION,                           Hidekazu Asano, Project Manager, RADIOACTIVE WASTE
        BElGIUM                                                                     MANAGEMENT FUNDING AND RESEARCH CENTRE, JAPAN
Day One                                                                  Programme Day Two
                                                                         08:30   Registration
PlANNING FOR THE FUTURE
                                                                         08:50   Opening remarks from the Chair
13:50 US CASE STUDY: The second opening of WIPP: licensing
      the disposal of remote-handled transuranic waste                   lEARNING FROM THE PAST
        The US Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in
        Carlsbad, New Mexico began waste emplacement operations          09:00   US CASE STUDY: lessons learnt from Yucca Mountain since the
        in 1999. In 2007 WIPP received licence authority to begin                1987 Nuclear Waste Policy Act
        disposal of higher activity, remote-handled transuranic waste            Yucca Mountain has been the proposed deep geologic
        with surface dose rates of 2 to 100 mSv/h. The licensing of              repository site for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and
        remote-handled waste at WIPP offers some valuable lessons                HLW. Over the following two decades and with considerable
        for other repository developers related to how confidence in             investment, the Yucca Mountain project experienced numerous
        safety can be built throughout the licensing process.                    social, political, technical, managerial and regulatory events
    ●   Waste form and source term challenges                                    which have shaped recent decisions by the new administration
    ●   Transportation risks and environmental justice                           to consider alternative directions. This candid presentation will
    ●   Operational safety case development                                      review many of those events and provide potential lessons for
    ●   Roles played by independent peer reviewers                               other repository programmes
    ●   Host community involvement and integration into                      ●   A brief history of the Yucca Mountain Project
        decision-making                                                      ●   Significant social, political, technical, managerial, and
    ●   Negotiation of licence conditions with regulators and                    regulatory events and effects
        stakeholders                                                         ●   Lessons learnt to achieve a faster, cheaper and better
        Sean White, Senior Project Manager, URS WASHINGTON DIVISION,             repository programme
        UNTED STATES                                                         ●   Comparisons with WIPP success: site selection is only the
                                                                                 beginning
14:20   Afternoon refreshments                                               ●   The future landscape of the US repository programme: possible
                                                                                 alternatives for nuclear waste management
14:50   Keynote presentation                                                 ●   If we could do it all over: stakeholder acceptance may not be
        SWEDEN CASE STUDY: Successfully choosing a site and                      enough
        the next steps to be taken.                                          ●   Real challenges for the next generation of repository
        Sweden is currently at the forefront of deep geological                  programmes
        disposal: in June a major milestone was achieved when                    Andrew Orrell, Director of Nuclear Energy, SANDIA NATIONAl
        the Forsmark site in Östhammer was selected for the                      lABORATORIES, UNITED STATES
        construction of the final disposal facility in June 2009.
        The next step is to submit a licence application in 2010.        09:30   Yucca Mountain: US repository program status update
        Currently SKB plans to start construction of the repository in           and expectations
        2015 and operation of the new facilities is intended to begin            The US Policy for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and HLW
        by 2023.                                                                 were established by law in 1982 with The Nuclear Waste
    ●   Achieving success to develop relationships with key                      Policy Act. Although subsequent laws have upheld and
        stakeholders and communities for the benefit of nuclear                  advanced Yucca Mountain as the repository site, the current
        power in Sweden                                                          Administration plans to form a Blue Ribbon Commission to re-
    ●   Clarifying the reasons why the site was chosen and the                   examine US Nuclear Waste Policy
        benefits of choosing this location                                   ●   History of US waste management policy
    ●   The Added Value approach and the implications for the                ●   Current status of the Yucca Mountain Project
        municipalities not chosen                                            ●   Current Status of Yucca Mountain licence application review
    ●   Overcoming the challenges of preparing for a licence                 ●   Status of the Blue Ribbon Commission
        application                                                          ●   Path forward and what is required to change course
        Ann McCall, Vice President, SKB IC, SWEDEN                           ●   Expectations: a look ahead
                                                                                 Eric Knox, Operations Manager, URS WASHINGTON DIVISION,
15:20   Critical analysis of the status of the Swedish system for                UNITED STATES
        final disposal of HlW
        The KBS-3 concept, developed by SKB is the solution based        10:00   Morning refreshments
        on the multiple barriers principle. Radioactive substances
        are contained within several protective barriers so that no
        deficiency in one barrier and no predictable geological or
                                                                         NEW INNOVATIONS AND THE VAlUE OF RESEARCH
        other change will endanger the isolation                         10:30   FRANCE CASE STUDY: New developments from ANDRA’s
    ●   Brief description of the Swedish KBS system for final                    Underground Research laboratory
        disposal of spent nuclear fuel                                           The French Senate has approved a nuclear waste bill aimed at
    ●   Environmental factors important for the siting of a mined                getting the construction of a deep geologic repository in full
        repository using man made barriers of copper and clay                    swing by 2015 and beginning repository operations in 2025.
    ●   Challenges for long-term safety when using man made                      This presentation will inform delegates of progress to date with
        barriers of copper and clay                                              ANDRA and clarify current developments in the construction of
    ●   Analysis of the possibility to ascertain the long-term safety            the repository.
        of the KBS method                                                    ●   The role of the Underground Research Laboratory and
    ●   A brief discussion of alternative methods for final disposal             underlining its importance
        of high-level nuclear waste                                          ●   Updating new developments and progress to date: working
        Johan Swahn, Director, MKG, SWEDEN                                       towards 2015
                                                                             ●   Demonstrating the feasibility and safety of the disposal
15:50   Closing remarks from the Chair and close of day one                      solution
Tuesday 10 November 2009                                                   Day Two
    ●   Practical demonstration of technical elements                         13:50   CZECH REPUBlIC CASE STUDY: Main research and
    ●   Predicting the performance of complex natural and engineered                  engineering works aimed at the geological repository
        systems for extended time periods                                             development: Czech approach and experience
    ●   Looking into the future to ensure long-term safety of the disposal            RAWRA’s mission is to ensure the safe disposal of existing
    ●   Highlighting the plans for 2010                                               and future radioactive waste in the Czech Republic.
        Pierre Forbes, Director of Underground Research laboratory,                   According to the Atomic Law RAWRA is responsible for the co-
        ANDRA, FRANCE                                                                 ordination of the R&D in this area. This support is provided
                                                                                      in two main directions: gaining data for the development of
11:00   Overview of the Euratom Framework Programme: Priorities and                   a geological repository and as a generic research solving the
        current status                                                                management of HLW and SNF in a broader sense.
        One of the European Commissions priority areas is geological              ●   Possible approach to the support of the research activities
        disposal. This presentation will concentrate on the Euratom                   in limited conditions of the state organisation
        programme, the objectives of the research, including strategies           ●   Overview of previous and current projects supported by
        and policies, and how it links with the national programmes                   RAWRA: near field, far field and design
        and other EU policy areas such as energy.                                 ●   How to harmonise results from R&D with site selection needs?
    ●   Analysing the support provided to Member States' programmes               ●   How to organise data and information acquired for decision
        in the area of research in geological disposal: highlights,                   making process?
        achievements, the EU dimension and EU added value                         ●   Geological background, conflict of interest and siting
    ●   Brief overview of recent and current major projects supported                 Jitka Miksova, Technical Development Project Manager,
        by Euratom                                                                    RAWRA, CZECH REPUBlIC
    ●   Overview of Euratom's support to research/studies in the
        field of governance, the decision making process and public           14:20   Afternoon refreshments
        acceptance regarding radioactive waste management issues
    ●   The future for European collaborative R&D in geological
        disposal, in particular the development of so called                  14:50   JAPAN CASE STUDY: Managing long-term implementation
        "Technology Platforms"                                                        of HlW disposal in Japan
    ●   Links with other R&D priority areas and with EU policy, in                    Implementation of a deep geological repository will run over
        particular those related to energy in general                                 a period of about a century, from first planning until closure.
    ●   Latest EU policy and legislative initiatives affecting geological             Over such a long period, project boundary conditions will
        disposal, in particular the area of nuclear safety                            change significantly, requiring a fine balance between the
        Simon Webster, Head of Unit, EUROPEAN COMMISSION, BElGIUM                     needs to provide focus and to keep flexible.
                                                                                  ●   Establishment of clear project goals and responsibilities
11:30   FINlAND CASE STUDY: Challenges for licensing a high-level                     for all involved organisations
        nuclear waste repository in Finland                                       ●   Development of a stepwise implementation plan, with
        An underground rock characterisation facility, ONKALA, is being               efforts being made to involve all key stakeholders
        constructed in the bedrock at Olkiluoto, which has been chosen            ●   Implementation of the “NUMO structured approach”,
        as the site of a spent fuel repository in Finland. The plan is that           which provides a mechanism for continual iteration of
        ONKALA should later become a part of the actual repository.                   the site characterisation, repository design and safety
        However, the construction of the repository can only begin once               assessment plans to maintain optimisation as project
        the Government has granted a separate construction government                 constraints evolve
        licence for the implementer. For the operation of the facility,           ●   Use of a formal requirements management system to
        another licence is required before nuclear waste can be taken to              ensure that changing boundary conditions are assessed,
        the repository.                                                               and documented, in a comprehensive manner
    ●   Balancing the options, constraints and requirements in the                ●   Maintaining a culture of openness, accepting that
        design of a repository                                                        such a project will need trade offs between conflicting
    ●   Managing the licensing process                                                requirements and, in many cases, stakeholder groups
    ●   Setting the priorities right for the pre-licensing research and               Kazumi Kitayami, Senior Technical Adviser, NUMO, JAPAN
        technical development (RTD) programme
    ●   Managing the resources for smooth progress
        Juhani Vira, Research Director, POSIVA, FINlAND                       15:20   GERMAN CASE STUDY: Challenges in site selection for a
                                                                                      HlW repository
12:00   Lunch                                                                     ●   HLW disposal: a national problem that requires a local
                                                                                      solution
COPING WITH DIFFERENT GEOlOGICAl SITUATIONS                                       ●   Significant political, technical and societal boundary
                                                                                      conditions
13:20   Geological settings for the disposal of radioactive waste: What           ●   Approach to site selection for a HLW repository
        does the UK offer?                                                        ●   Safety requirements on HLW disposal in geological
        The UK has a long geological history and as a result is varied                formations
        geologically. This means that there are several different                 ●   Investigations into conceptual and safety-related issues
        geological situations in the UK that would provide suitable               ●   Development of safety-related tools for comparing potential
        environments for radioactive waste disposal.                                  repository sites
    ●   What does geology need to do?                                             ●   Participation and engagement of the public and of
    ●   Key geological factors that make rocks suitable for hosting a                 stakeholders
        deep geological disposal facility                                             Dr. Peter Brennecke, BFS, GERMANY
    ●   Favourable geological situations in the UK context
    ●   Unsuitable geological situations
                                                                              15:50   Closing remarks from the Chair and close of day two
    ●   Examples of available deep geological data
        Richard Shaw, Project leader, BRITISH GEOlOGICAl SURVEY,
        UNITED KINGDOM
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Nuclear Waste: The Challenge of Underground Storage and Disposal

  • 1. Present: 8 COUN T CASE ST RY The only UDIES conferen international 2nd Bi-Annual ce solely todedicated Nuclear Waste disposa deep l of nucl waste ear The Challenge of Underground Storage and Disposal Monday 9 and Tuesday 10 November 2009, london, UK AGENDA TOPICS AND CRITICAl ISSUES INClUDE: KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Alun Ellis, Andrew Orrell, • Identifying host communities Repository Director, Director of Nuclear Energy, that are willing to engage in site NDA, UNITED KINGDOM SANDIA NATIONAl lABORATORIES, selection Pierre Forbes, UNITED STATES Director of Underground • Discovering solutions for Research Laboratory, Richard Shaw, ANDRA, FRANCE Project Leader, licensing a high-level nuclear BRITISH GEOlOGICAl Juhani Vira, SURVEY, UNITED KINGDOM waste repository in Finland Research Director, POSIVA, FINlAND Jirí Slovák, • Outlining the European Head of the Department Commissions Euratom Framework Johan Swahn, Director, of Geological Repository Development, Programme MKG, SWEDEN RAWRA, CZECH REPUBlIC • Analysing the status of the Simon Webster, Kazumi Kitayama, Head of Unit, Senior Technical Advisor, Swedish system for final disposal EUROPEAN COMMISSION, NUMO JAPAN of high-level waste BElGIUM Ann McCall, • Evaluating the current Vice President, management approach to waste SKB IC, SWEDEN across Europe and internationally • Understanding methods to build world class repositories • Lessons learnt from Yucca Gold Sponsor: Co-Sponsor: Supporting Publication: Register now: Online: www.arena-international.com/power/nuclearwaste Email: book@arena-international.com Tel: +44 (0) 20 7753 4268 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7915 9773
  • 2. Programme Day One Monday 9 November 2009 08:30 Registration 10:30 Morning refreshments 08:50 Opening remarks from the Chair 11:00 Assuring the long-term safety of disposal: regulatory expectations OVERCOMING THE SOCIAl ISSUES A major issue for deep disposal is managing long-term safety 09:00 Keynote opening presentation issues. The safety of a geological repository depends on UNITED KINGDOM CASE STUDY: Finding host communities that the barriers that provide the containment functions. This are willing to engage in site selection presentation will provide an update on new developments The UK nuclear scene has moved forward dramatically in regarding long-term safety from the perspective of the regulator recent years and it is generally accepted that deep geological ● What matters to an environmental regulator disposal is the optimum long-term safe method for disposal ● The Environment Agency's recent (2009) regulatory guidance of higher activity nuclear waste. Before this happens a site for on geological disposal and near-surface disposal: Objective, disposal needs to be chosen which requires engagement with Principles and Requirements communities and obtaining their support ● An Environmental Safety Case: the "golden thread" that must ● The 2008 Managing Radioactive Waste Safely White Paper run through a developer's programme ● Finding communities willing to engage in the site selection ● The vital importance of stakeholder engagement process and increasing the transparency surrounding the ● Key international initiatives: co-operation through OECD-NEA's subject of nuclear waste Radioactive Waste Management Committee; European pilot ● Highlighting the importance of stakeholder engagement study on the regulatory review of the Safety Case ● Supporting communities to help them understand the scientific Clive Williams, Policy Development Manager for Radioactive basis for deep geological nuclear disposal Substances Radiation, ENVIRONMENT AGENCY, UNITED ● Successfully conquering the suspicion towards the nuclear KINGDOM industry by discussing both the technical aspects of the safe implementation of a geological disposal facility and the wider BUIlDING A WORlD ClASS REPOSITORY social, economic and environment issues involved 11:30 Managing the design options for a deep geological repository ● Very latest developments in Cumbria: the progress of site to prepare for the future selection to date Repositories will be built and therefore need to be designed. ● Keeping the impetus going: taking advantage of the current Once a site has been chosen, steps are taken to design the window of opportunity repositories; however this is a complicated process due to ● Learning from our European counterparts: Sweden has two dissimilar rock formations which require site specific design. municipalities volunteering for a repository site, have they done This presentation is essential to prepare for the future of high anything differently? level nuclear waste Alun Ellis, Repository Director, NDA, UNITED KINGDOM ● Basic principles of geological disposal facility (GDF) performance and design 09:30 International co-operation: Ensuring that all countries have ● UK site identification procedure and waste inventory impacts access to state-of-the-art geological repositories on GDF concepts Despite the different rock formations, development levels, ● Generic high level waste (HLW) and spent fuel repository economic status and social circumstances in countries concepts appropriate to the UK worldwide, it is vitally important that countries with hazardous ● Implications of potential co-location with disposal of long lived radioactive wastes learn from each other, collaborate and share low and intermediate level wastes (LILW-LL) resources in order to ensure global safety and security ● Some key issues in progressive design optimisation and ● The nuclear revival in Europe and globally: co-operation programme development between countries is essential Neil Chapman, Chairman, ITC SCHOOl, SWITZERlAND ● Focusing on a common objective using a range of avenues to learn from each other ● Sharing knowledge and opinions on safety and waste 12:00 Lunch management to ensure protection of the public, workforce and environment 13:20 Design options for a repository operation: methods and results ● Understanding differing regulatory practices across Europe of R&D on remote operation technology ● Past and present vehicles for co-operation on waste disposal Under the condition of having no specific candidate site for ● Outlining the possibility of one European repository; progress a deep underground repository, a wide variety of technical of the European pilot study to date options are required to assure the feasibility of the repository Charles McCombie, Executive Director, ARIUS FOUNDATION, concepts in Japan. Through reviewing the R&D methods and SWITZERlAND results of the remote operation technology, design basis, design option and handling of accumulated information should 10:00 Panel discussion be discussed Standardising the management approach to waste across ● A brief history of the R&D program for remote operation Europe and internationally technology Alun Ellis, Repository Director, NDA, UNITED KINGDOM ● Introduction of the R&D methods and their results Ann McCall, Vice President, SKB, SWEDEN ● Quality and long-term performance of manufactured/ Charles McCombie, Executive Director, ARIUS FOUNDATION, constructed EBS SWITZERlAND ● Design confirmation and demonstration for the options Pierre Forbes, Director of Underground Research laboratory, ● A brief discussion of design option and information ANDRA, FRANCE management Simon Webster, Head of Unit, EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Hidekazu Asano, Project Manager, RADIOACTIVE WASTE BElGIUM MANAGEMENT FUNDING AND RESEARCH CENTRE, JAPAN
  • 3. Day One Programme Day Two 08:30 Registration PlANNING FOR THE FUTURE 08:50 Opening remarks from the Chair 13:50 US CASE STUDY: The second opening of WIPP: licensing the disposal of remote-handled transuranic waste lEARNING FROM THE PAST The US Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad, New Mexico began waste emplacement operations 09:00 US CASE STUDY: lessons learnt from Yucca Mountain since the in 1999. In 2007 WIPP received licence authority to begin 1987 Nuclear Waste Policy Act disposal of higher activity, remote-handled transuranic waste Yucca Mountain has been the proposed deep geologic with surface dose rates of 2 to 100 mSv/h. The licensing of repository site for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and remote-handled waste at WIPP offers some valuable lessons HLW. Over the following two decades and with considerable for other repository developers related to how confidence in investment, the Yucca Mountain project experienced numerous safety can be built throughout the licensing process. social, political, technical, managerial and regulatory events ● Waste form and source term challenges which have shaped recent decisions by the new administration ● Transportation risks and environmental justice to consider alternative directions. This candid presentation will ● Operational safety case development review many of those events and provide potential lessons for ● Roles played by independent peer reviewers other repository programmes ● Host community involvement and integration into ● A brief history of the Yucca Mountain Project decision-making ● Significant social, political, technical, managerial, and ● Negotiation of licence conditions with regulators and regulatory events and effects stakeholders ● Lessons learnt to achieve a faster, cheaper and better Sean White, Senior Project Manager, URS WASHINGTON DIVISION, repository programme UNTED STATES ● Comparisons with WIPP success: site selection is only the beginning 14:20 Afternoon refreshments ● The future landscape of the US repository programme: possible alternatives for nuclear waste management 14:50 Keynote presentation ● If we could do it all over: stakeholder acceptance may not be SWEDEN CASE STUDY: Successfully choosing a site and enough the next steps to be taken. ● Real challenges for the next generation of repository Sweden is currently at the forefront of deep geological programmes disposal: in June a major milestone was achieved when Andrew Orrell, Director of Nuclear Energy, SANDIA NATIONAl the Forsmark site in Östhammer was selected for the lABORATORIES, UNITED STATES construction of the final disposal facility in June 2009. The next step is to submit a licence application in 2010. 09:30 Yucca Mountain: US repository program status update Currently SKB plans to start construction of the repository in and expectations 2015 and operation of the new facilities is intended to begin The US Policy for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and HLW by 2023. were established by law in 1982 with The Nuclear Waste ● Achieving success to develop relationships with key Policy Act. Although subsequent laws have upheld and stakeholders and communities for the benefit of nuclear advanced Yucca Mountain as the repository site, the current power in Sweden Administration plans to form a Blue Ribbon Commission to re- ● Clarifying the reasons why the site was chosen and the examine US Nuclear Waste Policy benefits of choosing this location ● History of US waste management policy ● The Added Value approach and the implications for the ● Current status of the Yucca Mountain Project municipalities not chosen ● Current Status of Yucca Mountain licence application review ● Overcoming the challenges of preparing for a licence ● Status of the Blue Ribbon Commission application ● Path forward and what is required to change course Ann McCall, Vice President, SKB IC, SWEDEN ● Expectations: a look ahead Eric Knox, Operations Manager, URS WASHINGTON DIVISION, 15:20 Critical analysis of the status of the Swedish system for UNITED STATES final disposal of HlW The KBS-3 concept, developed by SKB is the solution based 10:00 Morning refreshments on the multiple barriers principle. Radioactive substances are contained within several protective barriers so that no deficiency in one barrier and no predictable geological or NEW INNOVATIONS AND THE VAlUE OF RESEARCH other change will endanger the isolation 10:30 FRANCE CASE STUDY: New developments from ANDRA’s ● Brief description of the Swedish KBS system for final Underground Research laboratory disposal of spent nuclear fuel The French Senate has approved a nuclear waste bill aimed at ● Environmental factors important for the siting of a mined getting the construction of a deep geologic repository in full repository using man made barriers of copper and clay swing by 2015 and beginning repository operations in 2025. ● Challenges for long-term safety when using man made This presentation will inform delegates of progress to date with barriers of copper and clay ANDRA and clarify current developments in the construction of ● Analysis of the possibility to ascertain the long-term safety the repository. of the KBS method ● The role of the Underground Research Laboratory and ● A brief discussion of alternative methods for final disposal underlining its importance of high-level nuclear waste ● Updating new developments and progress to date: working Johan Swahn, Director, MKG, SWEDEN towards 2015 ● Demonstrating the feasibility and safety of the disposal 15:50 Closing remarks from the Chair and close of day one solution
  • 4. Tuesday 10 November 2009 Day Two ● Practical demonstration of technical elements 13:50 CZECH REPUBlIC CASE STUDY: Main research and ● Predicting the performance of complex natural and engineered engineering works aimed at the geological repository systems for extended time periods development: Czech approach and experience ● Looking into the future to ensure long-term safety of the disposal RAWRA’s mission is to ensure the safe disposal of existing ● Highlighting the plans for 2010 and future radioactive waste in the Czech Republic. Pierre Forbes, Director of Underground Research laboratory, According to the Atomic Law RAWRA is responsible for the co- ANDRA, FRANCE ordination of the R&D in this area. This support is provided in two main directions: gaining data for the development of 11:00 Overview of the Euratom Framework Programme: Priorities and a geological repository and as a generic research solving the current status management of HLW and SNF in a broader sense. One of the European Commissions priority areas is geological ● Possible approach to the support of the research activities disposal. This presentation will concentrate on the Euratom in limited conditions of the state organisation programme, the objectives of the research, including strategies ● Overview of previous and current projects supported by and policies, and how it links with the national programmes RAWRA: near field, far field and design and other EU policy areas such as energy. ● How to harmonise results from R&D with site selection needs? ● Analysing the support provided to Member States' programmes ● How to organise data and information acquired for decision in the area of research in geological disposal: highlights, making process? achievements, the EU dimension and EU added value ● Geological background, conflict of interest and siting ● Brief overview of recent and current major projects supported Jitka Miksova, Technical Development Project Manager, by Euratom RAWRA, CZECH REPUBlIC ● Overview of Euratom's support to research/studies in the field of governance, the decision making process and public 14:20 Afternoon refreshments acceptance regarding radioactive waste management issues ● The future for European collaborative R&D in geological disposal, in particular the development of so called 14:50 JAPAN CASE STUDY: Managing long-term implementation "Technology Platforms" of HlW disposal in Japan ● Links with other R&D priority areas and with EU policy, in Implementation of a deep geological repository will run over particular those related to energy in general a period of about a century, from first planning until closure. ● Latest EU policy and legislative initiatives affecting geological Over such a long period, project boundary conditions will disposal, in particular the area of nuclear safety change significantly, requiring a fine balance between the Simon Webster, Head of Unit, EUROPEAN COMMISSION, BElGIUM needs to provide focus and to keep flexible. ● Establishment of clear project goals and responsibilities 11:30 FINlAND CASE STUDY: Challenges for licensing a high-level for all involved organisations nuclear waste repository in Finland ● Development of a stepwise implementation plan, with An underground rock characterisation facility, ONKALA, is being efforts being made to involve all key stakeholders constructed in the bedrock at Olkiluoto, which has been chosen ● Implementation of the “NUMO structured approach”, as the site of a spent fuel repository in Finland. The plan is that which provides a mechanism for continual iteration of ONKALA should later become a part of the actual repository. the site characterisation, repository design and safety However, the construction of the repository can only begin once assessment plans to maintain optimisation as project the Government has granted a separate construction government constraints evolve licence for the implementer. For the operation of the facility, ● Use of a formal requirements management system to another licence is required before nuclear waste can be taken to ensure that changing boundary conditions are assessed, the repository. and documented, in a comprehensive manner ● Balancing the options, constraints and requirements in the ● Maintaining a culture of openness, accepting that design of a repository such a project will need trade offs between conflicting ● Managing the licensing process requirements and, in many cases, stakeholder groups ● Setting the priorities right for the pre-licensing research and Kazumi Kitayami, Senior Technical Adviser, NUMO, JAPAN technical development (RTD) programme ● Managing the resources for smooth progress Juhani Vira, Research Director, POSIVA, FINlAND 15:20 GERMAN CASE STUDY: Challenges in site selection for a HlW repository 12:00 Lunch ● HLW disposal: a national problem that requires a local solution COPING WITH DIFFERENT GEOlOGICAl SITUATIONS ● Significant political, technical and societal boundary conditions 13:20 Geological settings for the disposal of radioactive waste: What ● Approach to site selection for a HLW repository does the UK offer? ● Safety requirements on HLW disposal in geological The UK has a long geological history and as a result is varied formations geologically. This means that there are several different ● Investigations into conceptual and safety-related issues geological situations in the UK that would provide suitable ● Development of safety-related tools for comparing potential environments for radioactive waste disposal. repository sites ● What does geology need to do? ● Participation and engagement of the public and of ● Key geological factors that make rocks suitable for hosting a stakeholders deep geological disposal facility Dr. Peter Brennecke, BFS, GERMANY ● Favourable geological situations in the UK context ● Unsuitable geological situations 15:50 Closing remarks from the Chair and close of day two ● Examples of available deep geological data Richard Shaw, Project leader, BRITISH GEOlOGICAl SURVEY, UNITED KINGDOM
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