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Financing the Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities

2016

Decommissioning of both commercial and R&D nuclear facilities is expected to increase significantly in the coming years, and the largest of such industrial decommissioning projects could command considerable budgets. It is important to understand the costs of decommissioning projects in order to...

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Stakeholder involvement in decision making : A short guide to issues, approaches and resources

Nuclear Energy Agency - 2016

Radioactive waste management is embedded in broader societal issues such as the environment, risk management, energy …

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Management of Radioactive Waste after a Nuclear Power Plant Accident

2016

The NEA Expert Group on Fukushima Waste Management and Decommissioning R&D (EGFWMD) was established in 2014 to offer advice to the authorities in Japan on the management of large quantities of on-site waste with complex properties and to share experiences with the international community and NEA...

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Strategic Considerations for the Sustainable Remediation of Nuclear Installations

2016

Nuclear sites around the world are being decommissioned and remedial actions are being undertaken to enable sites, or parts of sites, to be reused. Although such activities are relatively straightforward for most sites, experience has suggested that preventative action is needed to minimise the...

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Natural Tracer Profiles Across Argillaceous Formations : The CLAYTRAC Project

2009

This technical report describes the results of the Nuclear Energy Agency's CLAYTRAC project, in which natural tracer data from nine sites was evaluated to assess potential impacts of disposal of radiological waste in geological repositories. It shows scientific information from numerous sites...

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Stability and Buffering Capacity of the Geosphere for Long-term Isolation of Radioactive Waste : Application to Crystalline Rock

2009

Geological settings selected as potential host formations for the deep geological disposal of radioactive waste are chosen for, among other assets, their long-term stability and buffering capacity against destabilising events and processes. These proceedings present the outcomes of a geosphere...

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Radioactive Waste Management and Constructing Memory for Future Generations : Proceedings of the International Conference and Debate, 15-17 September 2014 Verdun, France

2015

radioactive waste management area and beyond, academics in the fields of archaeology, communications, cultural heritage, geography …

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The Practice of Cost Estimation for Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities

2015

Decommissioning of both commercial and R&D nuclear facilities is expected to increase significantly in the coming years, and the largest of such industrial decommissioning projects could command considerable budgets. Several approaches are currently being used for decommissioning cost...

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Fostering a Durable Relationship between a Waste Management Facility and its Host Community : Adding Value through Design and Process

2015

In the field of long-term radioactive waste management, projects to construct repositories normally last from decades … solutions are reached together throughout the entire process. The sustainability of radioactive waste management solutions can … designing paths forward for local or regional communities, as well as for national radioactive waste management programmes. …

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Guide for International Peer Reviews of Decommissioning Cost Studies for Nuclear Facilities

2015

for conducting peer reviews in radioactive waste management and nuclear R&D. Using this methodology, the NEA Radioactive … Waste Management Committee’s Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) developed the present guide as a …

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