Public involvement in siting of nuclear facilities

Tuesday 15 February

10:00 – 10:15

1.

Welcoming remarks and main objectives of the meeting by Mrs. Dunn Lee, Deputy Director-General (NEA) and Chair

10:15 – 11:30

2.

Involving local communities in siting decisions on waste disposal

• Korea: Mr. Yong Rae Lee, Executive Vice President, Korea Radioactive Waste Management Corporation [KRMC] – “Experience of Siting Process for Radwaste Disposal Facility in Korea
  
  
• Spain: Mr. Mariano Molina Martín, ENRESA – “Involving Local Communities in Siting Decisions on Waste Management. Spanish Experience in the Centralised Storage Facility for SF and HLW”
  
  
• Japan: Mr. Kazuaki Matsui, The Institute of Applied Energy [IAE] - “Public Involvement in RWM - a Japanese perspective”
  
  
• Italy: Mr. Giorgio Giorgiantoni, Head of Rad-Sito Lab [ENEA] - “Siting of Waste Repository: Status and R&D Perspectives in Italy”
  
  

11:30 – 12:15

3.

Summary of good practices for public consultation

• Mr. Erik Setzman, SKB [Sweden] – “Fruitful stakeholder involvement in SKB’s radioactive waste management programme”
  
• Mrs. Evelyn Hooft, ONDRAF [Belgium] – “Siting and Implementing a repository project in partnership – The Belgian Local Partnership experience with a surface repository for category A waste”

12:15 – 12:45

4.

Round table on good practices [Chair: Hans Riotte, Head of Division, NEA Radiological Protection and Radioactive Waste Management]

12:45 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 15: 30

5.

Public involvement in nuclear power plants siting

• National perspectives:

Russian Federation: Mr. Igor Konyshev, Director, Direction for communications with public organizations and regional bodies, State Atomic Energy Corporation “Rosatom” – “Public involvement in decision-making process on siting new NPPs”

Poland: Mr. Stanislaw Janikowski, National Atomic Energy Agency – “Public involvement in siting of nuclear facilities in Poland”

• Industry perspective: Mr. Joseph Dupuis, Directeur du Projet Penly 3, EDF, France – “Public involvement in nuclear power plant siting in France – Mandatory and voluntary measures” [in French]
  
  
• Community perspective: Mr. Esko Tavia, Mayor of the Simo Municipality, Finland

15: 30 – 16:00

Coffee

16:00 – 17:30

6.

Public involvement in other facility siting 

• Mining: The AREVA Experience – Mr. Didier Fohlen, Vice President, Environment & Social Responsibility, AREVA Business Group Mines
  
  
• Research Reactor: The Jules Horowitz Experience [and supporting slides] – Mr. Maurice Haessler, Director Nuclear Safety and Protection Division, CEA/MR
  
  
• Research reactor: The Opal Experience, Mr. Ron Cameron, Head of Division, Nuclear Development
  

17:30-18:00

7.

Round table on discussion of differences or similarities between facilities

18:00

8.

End of day – Followed by reception hosted by the NEA

Wednesday 16 February

09:30 – 09:45

1.

Summary of issues from day 1

09:45 – 10:45

2.

Regulatory and legal approaches to public involvement

• Mr. Sam Emmerechts, NEA – “Legal Framework for Public Involvement in OECD Member Countries”
  
  
• Mr. Alejandro Huerta, NEA – “WGRNR’s Activities on Site Licensing and Public Involvement”
  
  
• Ms. Karina De Beule, CNRA Working Group on Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations – “An overview of the activities of the CNRA”

10: 45 – 11:00

Coffee

11:00 – 12:00

3.

Lessons learnt from other public involvement activities

• Mrs. Monique Sené, ANCCLI Vice-President and Mrs. Chantal Rigal, ANCCLI Board member – “Presenting ANCCLI: Evaluation of its operation and perspectives related to the June 2006 law “Transparence et sûreté nucléaire” (Transparency and nuclear safety)
  
  
• Mr. Peter Hocke-Bergler, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, “Experiences from Germany in Public Involvement. Conflicts and Challenges during Siting Processes of Nuclear Waste Repositories”

12:00 – 12:30

4.

Discussion on issues raised

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 15:00

5.

International agencies' work on public involvement

• Mr. Kjell Andersson, Karita Research AB – “The European Commission ARGONA Project and lessons learned for the implementation of methods of public involvement”
  
  
• Mr. Christoph Schröder, EC Directorate General for Energy – “Transparency, openness and public involvement – Latest developments at EU level”
  
• Mr. Vincent Nkong-Njock, IAEA – “IAEA & Stakeholder involvement in nuclear issues”

15:00 – 16:00

6.

Lessons learnt and need for further work

16:00

7.

End of meeting