38th Annual DECOMMISSIONING & RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT SUMMER SCHOOL

Waste management updates from a variety of countries:

• An update from Germany: the status and developments in decommissioning
• Radioactive waste management in Finland
• CEA France delivers an introduction into Fusion Power – what waste is generated and what will come from decommissioning?
  
  

Updates on EU and international regulations, policies, and guidelines:

• Nuclear energy and radioactive waste management in Europe
• Impact of Brexit and outlook for Europe in Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Management
• Regulation at nuclear sites
• The NDA’s strategy for decommissioning and clean-up of the UK’s civil public sector nuclear sites

Characterisation, clearance and transport of radioactive waste:

• Understanding the management of low level and intermediate level waste
• Defining characterisation
• UK radioactive waste transport
• Radioactive land remediation and final site clearance
• Storage of radioactive waste and spent fuel - a UK and international perspective

Lessons learnt from ongoing decommissioning projects

• Winfrith end state development
• MOD submarine dismantling: understand public perception on decommissioning and radioactive waste management 

• Characterisation of Waste - Assess information provided on potential sampling and analysis scenarios
• Remediation of Radioactive Land - Develop a plan for remediation of radioactive land, taking into consideration issues such as regulations, funding and technical processes
• Decommissioning and Safe Management of Radioactive Waste - Work in groups to tackle key issues presented