NEA Workshop on the Management of Non-Nuclear Radioactive Waste

Hosted by Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare/Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro

2-4 May 2017
Legnaro (Padova), Italy

Agenda

Day 1 – 2 May 2017

Workshop opening: Welcome remarks from NEA, LNL , INFN

Workshop overview and objectives

Workshop chair: Demetre Zafiropoulos, INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Italy

Workshop co-chair: Daniel Dilday, Argonne National Laboratory, USA

Session 1: General Aspects

Chair: Michael Siemann, NEA

Co-chair: Mario Dionisi, ISPRA, Italy

1.1 Regulatory Framework for Non-Nuclear Waste Disposal

Presenter: Juliet Long, Environment Agency, United Kingdom

1.2 Characterisation of Non-Nuclear Waste and its Sources

Presenter: Douglas Chambers, ARCADIS, Canada

1.3 Interim Storage, Regulation and Practical Aspects

Presenter: João Henrique Garcia Alves, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

1.4 Radiological and Emergency Management Aspects of Non-Nuclear Waste Disposal Installations

Presenter: Ciara McMahon, Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland

1.5 Data, Information and Knowledge Management in Radioactive Waste Management - Recent work of the NEA

Presenter: Massimo Ciambrella, NEA

Session 2: National Approaches

Chair: Gerard Bruno, IAEA

Co-Chair: Marco Ripani, INFN, Italy

2.1 National Circumstances and Approaches: Italy

Presenter: Mario Dionisi, ISPRA, Italy

2.2 National Circumstances and Approaches: Norway

Presenter: Mette Nielsen, Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Norway

2.3 National Circumstances and Approaches: France

Presenter: Nicolas Solente, ANDRA, France

2.4 National Circumstances and Approaches: United States

Presenter: Daniel Dilday, Argonne National Laboratory, USA

2.5 National Circumstances and Approaches: Australia

Presenter: John Templeton, Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency, Australia

2.6 National Repository – Safe Management of Italian Radioactive Waste

Presenter: Angelo Paratore, SOGIN, Italy

2.7 Options for Disposal for Countries with Small Amounts of Radioactive Waste – Small Scale Disposal Facilities (SSDF)

Presenter: Jörg Feinhals, TÜV NORD / DMT, Germany

Discussion in small groups

Day 2 – 3 May 2017

Summary of group discussions

Session 3: Practical Aspects

Chair: Edward Lazo, NEA

Co-Chair: Dana Pandolfi, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Canada

3.1 The Regulatory Aspects of Disposal Sites for Low-Level Radioactive Waste from the Non-Nuclear and Nuclear Sectors in England

Presenter: David Nicholson, Environment Agency, United Kingdom

3.2 Planning and Preparation Approaches for Non-Nuclear Waste Disposal

Presenter: Lucia Sarchiapone, LNL, Italy

3.3 Management Approaches to Minimise Non-Nuclear Waste

Presenter: Bruno Picentino, Nucleco, Italy

3.4 Operational and Radiological Aspects of Non-Nuclear Waste Conditioning and Disposal

Presenter: Helen Simms, Augean, United Kingdom

3.5 Practical and Regulatory Aspects of Clearance and Exemption of Non-Nuclear Waste

Presenter: Jörg Feinhals, TÜV NORD / DMT, Germany

3.6 Management of Mixed Waste – Aluminium and Asbestos: A Planned and a Non-Planned Waste Management Task

Presenter: Hans-Frieder Beer, former Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland

3.7 Funding of Non-Nuclear Waste Management Russian national RWM policy and strategy

Presenter: Sergey Deryabin, Rosatom, Russian Federation

Session 4: Case Studies

Chair: Juliet Long, Environment Agency, United Kingdom

Co-Chair: Enrico Sartori, former NEA

4.1 IAEA Approach for the Safe Management of Non-Nuclear Radioactive Waste

Presenter: Gerard Bruno, IAEA

4.2 Managing Research Accelerator Waste

Presenter: Luisa Ulrici, CERN

4.3 Managing Hospital and Medical Accelerator Waste

Presenter: Carlo Bergamaschi, Campoverde, Italy

4.4 IAEA Perspective on Management of NORM Waste

Presenter: Zhiwen Fan, IAEA

4.5 Managing Industrial Waste Management of Non-Nuclear Radioactive Waste in Canada

Presenter: Dana Pandolfi, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Canada

4.6 Managing Research Waste at Idaho National Laboratory

Presenter: Stacy Nottestad, Idaho National Laboratory, USA

4.7 Valorisation of NORM Waste

Presenter: Marios Anagnostakis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Discussion in small groups

Day 3 – 4 May 2017

Summary of group discussions

Instrumentation and Technical Services for Radioactive Waste Management and Radiation Detection

Campoverde

Else Nuclear

Mirion Technologies

Summary of major points

Closing remarks


Last reviewed: 19 May 2017