NEA Mandates and Structures

Working Party on Nuclear Liability and Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities (WPLDF)

Chair(s):	Benjamin MAQUESTIEAU, Belgium	Secretary:	Elena DE BOISSIEU (elena.deboissieu@oecd-nea.org)
Vice-Chair(s):	Thierry SCHNEIDER, France Nuria PRIETO SERRANO, Spain Michael EGAN, Sweden William J. BOYLE, 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:	17 November 2016
End of mandate:	17 November 2025

Mandate (Document reference):

Synopsis of the Meeting of the members of the Bureaus of the Committee on Radiological Protection and Public Health, the Nuclear Law Committee and the Radioactive Waste Management Committee held on 16 June 2015 on Nuclear Liability for Damages Arising from Deep Geological Repositories (DGR) for Radioactive Waste Disposal held on 16 June 2015 [NEA/RWM(2015)10]
Summary Record of the Meeting of the Nuclear Law Committee held on 17-18 June 2015 [NEA/SEN/NLC(2016)2/REV1]
Summary Record of the Meeting of the Nuclear Law Committee held on 23-24 March 2016 [NEA/SEN/NLC(2016)4/REV1]
Summary Record of the Meeting of the Nuclear Law Committee held on 16‑17 November 2016 [NEA/SEN/NLC(2017)1/REV1]
Summary Record of the Meeting of the Nuclear Law Committee held on 27-28 June 2019 [NEA/SEN/NLC(2019)2/REV1]
Summary Record of the Meeting of the Nuclear Law Committee held on 29-30 June 2022 [forthcoming]
Mandate of the Working Party on Nuclear Liability and Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities (WPLDF) [NEA/NLC/WPLDF(2022)1]

Mandate (Document extract):

Extract from document NEA/NLC/WPLDF(2022)1

The Working Party has a mandate to:

1. enhance common understanding among legal and technical experts of the long-term risks presented by facilities for the disposal of radioactive waste and their relationship to nuclear liability regimes;

2. assess the technical and radiological aspects of DGR and other radioactive waste disposal facilities that must be taken into account when addressing nuclear liability issues; and

3. examine and assess how nuclear liability regime(s) and the relevant financial security requirements should be applied to DGR and, if appropriate, to other radioactive waste disposal facilities throughout the pre- and post-closure phases, considering the current management practices for radioactive waste.