| Chair(s): |
Haidy TADROS, Canada |
Secretaries: |
Nobuhiro MUROYA (nobuhiro.muroya@oecd-nea.org) Rebecca TADESSE (rebecca.tadesse@oecd-nea.org) |
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| Vice-Chair(s): |
Con LYRAS, Australia Boris BRENDEBACH, Germany Mitsuo MATSUI, Japan Daesik YOOK, Korea (Rep. of) Malgorzata K. SNEVE, Norway Simon CARROLL, Sweden Felix ALTORFER, Switzerland Juliet LONG, United Kingdom Robert LEWIS, 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: | 19 April 2018 | ||
| End of mandate: | 31 December 2028 |
Mandate (Document reference):
Mandate (Document extract):
Extract from Document NEA/NE(2022)20
Mandate
The NEA conducts important international activities to support its member countries in the development of strategies concerning the application of nuclear technologies. As reflected in the NEA Strategic Plan for 2023-2028, the Agency’s goals include assisting member countries in the development of safe, sustainable and broadly acceptable strategies and regulatory considerations for decommissioning nuclear installations and managing the long-term environmental legacy associated with former nuclear sites. In addition, the Agency provides relevant stakeholders with authoritative information on the strategic and regulatory aspects of decommissioning nuclear installations.
In order to more effectively integrate the Agency’s activities, the Committee on Decommissioning of Nuclear Installations and Legacy Management (CDLM) shall conduct work related to the activities of the NEA concerning the decommissioning of nuclear installations and management of legacy sites contaminated resulting from historic radiological activities. In this context, the CDLM shall:
i. provide a forum to exchange experience and information on policies, practices and lessons learned in the areas of decommissioning and legacy management between NEA member countries;
ii. identify good practices, technologies and methodologies to ensure effective and efficient conduct of decommissioning and legacy management activities in cooperation with other NEA standing technical committees;
iii. support the identification, management and preservation of essential knowledge in the field of decommissioning and legacy management;
iv. exchange experiences and share approaches to promote the meaningful engagement of stakeholders and the general public in decisions and approaches to the conduct of decommissioning activities and the management of legacy issues; and
v. provide, upon request, international peer reviews, to ensure that best practices are a continued feature of regulatory and technical approaches in decommissioning and long-term environmental stewardship of legacy sites.
In fulfilling its Mandate, the Committee will be supported by the NEA Division of Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning. Members of the Committee are senior experts, representing national agencies with policy and programme responsibilities in decommissioning, regulatory authorities, policy-making bodies, decommissioning implementers, research institutes and other relevant stakeholders seen appropriated by the national delegations.
The Committee will co-operate with other NEA standing technical committees, and their relevant working groups. Being closely related committees, the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) and the CDLM will closely coordinate their activities and efforts. The Committee will also co-operate with the NEA Co-operative Programme for the Exchange of Scientific and Technical Information Concerning Nuclear Installation Decommissioning Projects (CPD) based on their mutually agreed statement. To ensure efficient collaboration, coordination and exchange of information between the CDLM and other NEA committees and/or their sub-groups, joint sessions at the annual meetings and/or joint bureau meetings of the involved committees may be organised. Cooperation with other NEA programmes, its counterparts in the European Commission (EC), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and other international organisations on matters of common interest are foreseen as necessary.
CDLM will have annual plenary meetings. Further meetings may be organised if needed, upon decision of the Committee and taking into account the Secretariat’s resources. The CDLM programme of work (PoW) is adopted by its members in line with the NEA Strategic Plan and the Agency’s prioritisation process.
Following the holistic approach adopted within the CDLM Statement, the CDLM will also have annual joint plenary meetings with the RWMC. The plenary meetings of CDLM and RWMC should be organised back to back and the joint meeting is to be chaired in turns by CDLM and RWMC Chairs.
The Bureau of the CDLM co-ordinates and facilitates the work of the committee. The Bureau will meet at least twice a year, one of its meetings will be held jointly with the RWMC Bureau to plan the joint plenary meeting.
CDLM may set up subsidiary bodies to facilitate the achievement of its goals, invite experts in other fields to attend its meetings and sponsor meetings of specialists. CDLM subsidiary bodies will report to CDLM at the annual plenary meeting including relevant information of Level III sub-bodies reflected in the CDLM structure, in accordance with the Sub-Group Reporting Guidance.
The Regulators Forum (RF) will support both CDLM and RWMC Committees to address regulatory challenges and issues in the area of decommissioning and legacy management; and radioactive waste management and disposal.
The Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) will support both the CDLM and the RWMC in addressing social challenges of public concern and conflict management during decommissioning and legacy management and radioactive waste management.
Both RF and FSC will report either directly to CDLM on decommissioning and legacy management aspects or to both CDLM and RWMC at their joint plenary meetings.
