NEA Mandates and Structures


Regulators' Forum (RF)

Chair(s): Mario DIONISI, Italy
Felix ALTORFER, Switzerland
Secretary:  Haimanot YILMA
(haimanot.yilma@oecd-nea.org)
Vice-Chair(s): James SCOTT, Australia
Jaakko LEINO, Finland
Igor SGUARIO, France
István LÁZÁR, Hungary
Ichiro OTSUKA, Japan
Ingeborg MORK-KNUTSEN, Norway
Christopher REGAN, United States
Member(s):All NEA member countries*
Russia (Suspended*)
*Russian Federation suspended pursuant to a decision of the OECD Council.
Full participant(s): European Commission
Under the NEA Statute
Observer(s)(International Organisation): International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
By agreement
Date of creation:01 January 2001
End of mandate:31 December 2025

Mandate (Document reference):

  • Mandate of the RWMC Regulators’ Forum [NEA/RWM/RF(2001)2/REV1]
  • Mandates of the RWMC Regulators’ Forum and the RWMC Working Parties FSC, IGSC and WPDD [NEA/RWM(2011)1]
  • Summary Record of the 46th Session of the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) 13-14 March 2013 [NEA/RWM/M(2013)1]
  • Mandate of the RWMC Regulators’ Forum [NEA/RWM/RF(2016)1/REV1]
  • Radioactive Waste Management Committee Statement [NEA/RWM(2016)7/REV1]
  • Summary record of the First Joint Meeting of the CDLM and RWMC (20 March 2019) [NEA/CDLM/RWMC/M(2019)3/FINAL]
  • Summary record of the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Regulator’s Forum 14-15 March 2022 [forthcoming]
  • Summary record of the Fourth Joint Session of the CDLM and RWMC (held remotely on 25 March 2022) [forthcoming].
  • Mandate of the Regulators’ Forum 2020-2022 [NEA/RWM/RF(2019)3/FINAL]
  • Mandate of the Regulators’ Forum 2023-2025 [NEA/RWM/RF(2023)1/FINAL]

Mandate (Document extract):

Extract from document NEA/RF(2023)1/FINAL

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Objectives

The Regulators’ Forum will:

  • facilitate multilateral communication and information exchange among RWMC and CDLM regulators and promote a frank interchange in open dialogue among peers and stakeholders;
  • integrate lessons-learned, and define and address future regulatory challenges and issues in the areas of radioactive waste management, from the generation to the disposal, as well as in the areas of decommissioning and legacy management;
  • take initiative on safety regulation and licensing: promote discussions within the RWMC and/or CDLM, propose specific products to be developed and other relevant initiatives by other RWMC and CDLM sub-groups, and prepare concerted initiatives by the RWMC, CDLM and other NEA committees.

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