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7 December 2022
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22 July 2022
Sheraton Bucharest Hotel, Bucharest, Romania
Published date:
18 July 2022
On 17-18 May, experts in radioactive waste management, local stakeholders and non-technical actors convened in Bern, Switzerland, for the IGSC and FSC workshop on the safety case.
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23 May 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
NEA/RWM/R(2019)5
This document is the fifth of the five interrelated reports of the Radioactive Waste Repository Metadata Management (RepMet) Initiative. The series of reports discusses the key aspects of data and re...
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1 March 2022
The Working Group on the Characterisation, the Understanding and the Performance of Argillaceous Rocks and Repository Host Formations (Clay Club) marked its 30th anniversary at its meeting on 17 Nove...
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14 December 2021
The Clay Club promotes the exchange of information, shared approaches and methods to develop and document an understanding of clay media as a host rock for a repository.
Published date:
16 November 2021
Umgang mit Ungewissheiten bei der Standortsuche und der Umsetzung geologischer Tiefenlager
Dialog schaffen zwischen Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft Zweiter gemeinsamer Workshop,
9. Oktober 2019
2nd IG...
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7 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
Managing uncertainty in siting and implementation – Creating a dialogue between science and society
Second Joint IGSC - FSC Workshop, 9 October 2019
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31 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
Summary record of the topical session on “Considerations for Updating a Safety Case” held during the 21st meeting of the IGSC held in Paris, France on 8-10 October 2019.
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15 March 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 Expert Group on Operational Safety (EGOS) aims to identify, evaluate and help define international best practice in operating geological repositories for radioactive waste safely.
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4 February 2021
On the occasion of this anniversary, the NEA has published a commemorative brochure that reflects on 20 years of IGSC work and traces the evolution of the concept of the safety case overall.
Published date:
29 January 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
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
Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) flyer.
Published date:
24 September 2020
This is the summary of the key issues discussed in the topical session of the 14th IGSC meeting.
Published date:
21 September 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
The Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) has been organising a series of symposia every five years focusing on the development of a competent and robust safety case since 2007, in co‑operatio...
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15 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
The design and implementation activities of the Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) focus on how to achieve safety in practice.
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3 July 2020
The Scientific Basis activities of the Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) examine important scientific and technical issues for the development and integration of safety cases.
Published date:
30 June 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
NEA/RWM/R(2019)1
Version 3.0 of the International Features, Events and Processes (IFEP) List for the Deep Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste. This is a comprehensive and structured list of generic FEPs, relevan...
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18 February 2019
Presentation made at the IGSC Safety Symposium 2018, held on 10-11 October 2018.
Published date:
15 October 2018
All national radioactive waste management authorities recognise today that a robust safety case is essential in developing disposal facilities for radioactive waste. To improve the robustness of the ...
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17 August 2017
Communication has a specific role to play in the development of deep geological repositories. Building trust with the stakeholders involved in this process, particularly within the local community, i...
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20 February 2017
The topical session dealt with experiences from assessments of criticality safety and the application of safeguards in the different member countries of the IGSC.
Published date:
1 January 2017
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
NEA/RWM/R(2015)3
This report provides an overview of the state of the art in scenario development related to the long-term safety of geological repositories for radioactive waste.
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15 December 2015
Summary record extracted from NEA/RWM/IGSC(2015)9/FINAL concerning the topical session on the role of geo-scientific arguments in the siting process.
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7 October 2015
Summary record extracted from NEA/RWM/IGSC(2014)5/PROV concerning the topical session on handling extreme geological events in safety cases during the post-closure phase.
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8 October 2014
NEA/RWM/M(2014)1
The 47th session of the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) took place in Paris on 26-27 March 2014. This document provides a summary record as well as a summary of the main items and decis...
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20 May 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
NEA/RWM/R(2013)9
This document describes the proceedings of an IGSC International Symposium held at the OECD Conference Centre, Paris France on 7-9 October 2013. The purpose of this symposium was to assess the practi...
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19 February 2014
NEA/RWM(2014)1
Describes the achievements and plans of the working parties under the Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) as presented at the 47th session of the RWMC held on 26-27 March 2014.
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13 February 2014
Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) brochure on the long-term safety case for geological disposal of radioactive waste.
Published date:
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)1
This document defines and discusses the purpose and general contents of post-closure safety cases for geological repositories for long-lived radioactive waste. Its aim is to provide a useful point of...
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13 February 2013
NEA/RWM(2013)2/PROV
This document describes the mandates of the RWMC Regulators' Forum (RF) and the RWMC Working Parties FSC, IGSC and WPDD. Prepared for the 46th session of the RWMC held at the OECD Conference Center i...
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8 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. ...
Published date:
1 February 2013
NEA/RWM(2013)1
This document outlines the achievements and future plans of the working parties of the RWMC, specifically the IGSC, FSC and WPDD. Prepared for the 46th session of the RWMC held at the OECD Conference...
Published date:
31 January 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...
Published date:
18 September 2012
NEA/RWM/R(2012)7
The main purpose of this status report is to increase awareness and understanding of the potential applications of indicators in the safety case, and provide support for further development in the ar...
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3 July 2012
