Regulatory authorities develop regulations and the associated practical guidance. Considering the long-term safety of repository, regulators develop operational criteria and optimization for the repo...
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15 June 2020
NEA/RWM/R(2015)1
This document presents an overview of findings, positions, boundary conditions and issues based on the results of the R&R project of 2007-2011 and of the Reims conference held in December 2010.
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4 February 2015
NEA/RWM/RF(2010)2
All RF colleagues are asked to provide written replies to questions listed in this document. Responses will be compiled and analysed, and the analysis will be distributed a few days prior to RWMC-43....
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29 January 2010
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
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)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(2005)3
This brochure presents an easily accessible synopsis of the regulatory control of radioactive waste management by reviewing 15 national cases. It covers the management of radioactive waste from all t...
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17 August 2005
NEA/RWM/RF(2004)1
The NEA's Radioactive Waste Management Committee's (RWMC) Regulators’ Forum's (RWMC-RF) first major undertaking was to compile information about the regulatory control of radioactive waste management...
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12 February 2004
NEA/RWM/RF(2004)6
Issues with the removal of regulatory controls are very important on the agenda of the regulatory authorities dealing with radioactve waste managemnt (RWM). These issues arise prominently in decommis...
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28 September 2004
NEA/RWM/RF(2002)2/REV2
As major stakeholders, the radioactive waste management regulators in the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) of the NEA have already recognised the value of exchange and comparison of info...
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30 August 2002
De tous les acteurs institutionnels qui opèrent dans le domaine de la gestion à long terme des déchets radioactifs, c'est peut-être les autorités de sûreté qui ont renouvelé leur rôle de la manière l...
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20 October 2003
In the area of radioactive waste management, the regulator or safety authority has emerged in recent years as a principal actor in the eyes of civil society. This study shows how regulators are incre...
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31 December 2013
Dans le domaine de la gestion des déchets radioactifs, les dernières années ont vu émerger l’autorité de sûreté comme un acteur central aux yeux de la société civile. Cette étude montre comment les a...
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31 December 2013
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
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
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16 October 2019
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
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
The removal of fuel from a permanently shutdown nuclear facility eliminates the major source of radiological hazard, a nuclear criticality. Combined with the cessation of operations at high temperatu...
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25 September 2008
L’enlèvement des matières irradiées et plus particulièrement du combustible à l'issue de l'arrêt définitif d'une installation élimine la source principale de risque radiologique, le risque de critici...
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25 September 2008
The radiological concept of clearance can be defined as the release of radioactive materials or buildings from any further regulatory control applied for radiological protection purposes by the compe...
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19 November 2008
En radioprotection, on entend par « libération » la décision prise par l'autorité compétente de lever tous les contrôles réglementaires appliqués jusqu'alors aux matériaux et bâtiments radioactifs. C...
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31 December 2009
This overview presents an easily accessible synopsis of the regulatory control of radioactive waste management in 15 NEA member countries. It covers the management of radioactive waste from all types...
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30 December 2005
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has just published a new report entitled Five Years after the Fukushima Daiichi Accident: Nuclear Safety Improvements and Lessons Learnt.
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29 February 2016
NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...
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5 July 2011
NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...
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14 December 2011
NEA/RWM/R(2015)9
Proceedings of the RWMC Regulators Forum Workshop held in Helsinki, Finland on 8-9 September 2015.
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16 December 2015
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2007)3
At its seventh meeting, held at the NEA Offices in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on 23-25 October 2006, the Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) held a topical session on Emerging Is...
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3 May 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
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
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
Codes and standards are technical positions that govern specific activities such as welding, fabrication, testing and non-destructive examination, and are crucial to nuclear safety operations.
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18 March 2020
Digital instrumentation and control equipment (DI&C) transmits information in ones and zeros, and provides a number of advantages in nuclear safety.
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18 March 2020
Boiling water reactors (BWRs) use light water as a coolant and a moderator. This water is converted to steam in the core and then passes through a turbine.
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18 March 2020
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
This brochure describes the mandate, profile, focus areas and activities and publications of the RWMC Regulators’ Forum (RF).
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1 January 2009
This document summarises the relevant regulatory information as of December 2009. The report for which this information was first collected and commented upon is titled The Regulatory Function and Ra...
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1 February 2010
放射性廃棄物管理における原子力安全規制の役割とその姿
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8 April 2020
Ce panorama présente un synopsis facile à aborder du contrôle réglementaire de la gestion des déchets radioactifs de 15 pays membres de l'AEN. Il traite la question de la gestion des déchets radioact...
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16 August 2005
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 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
New reactors are light-water reactors that are in the design or construction phases. Advanced reactors refers to reactors under consideration that are cooled by fluids other than water.
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18 March 2020
Inspection practices are the means by which a regulatory body verifies that a holder of a nuclear licence is complying with the conditions of that licence.
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18 March 2020
Operating experience is the collection and dissemination of knowledge gained via the operation of nuclear facilities.
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18 March 2020
Radioactive Waste Management flyer on the Role and Image of the Nuclear Safety Regulator.
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8 April 2020
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
Les autorités réglementaires comptent parmi les principales parties prenantes dans le processus de prise de décision concernant la gestion des déchets radioactifs. Le Comité de l’AEN de la gestion de...
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4 June 2004
Regulators are major stakeholders in the decision-making process for radioactive waste management. The NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) has recognised the value of exchanging and com...
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27 February 2004
Of all the institutional actors in the field of long-term radioactive waste management (RWM), it is perhaps the regulatory authorities that have restyled their roles most significantly. Modern societ...
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20 October 2003
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...
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21 July 2000