Implementing Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste Technology Platform Jacques Delay2013/05/22, Romania Page 1Nuclear 2013 Modifiez le style des sous-titres

Implementing Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste Technology Platform

Jacques Delay 2013/05/22, Romania Page 1Nuclear 2013

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May 22-24, 2013, Pitesti, Romania

Jacques Delay, Secretary General

The IGD-TP - A tool for European RD&D cooperation



Implementing Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste - Technology Platform

What is IGD-TP?

In 2009, several European waste management organizations have established a technology platform to accelerate the implementation of deep geological disposal of radioactive waste in Europe.

A technology platform called Implementing Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste (IGD-TP) was launched in November 2009. The aims of IGD-TP is to:

• reduce overlapping work, • to produce savings in total costs of research and implementation, and • to make better use of existing competence and research infrastructures.

According to our organisation ToR, our platform is industry-led to ensure the implementation of the RD&D results. Thus, the members of the EG shall be organisations either being responsible for implementing a nuclear waste management programme or being formally responsible for RD&D programme needed for implementation




IGD-TP’s Vision

Vision Report SRA Deployment Plan (2009) (July 2011) (July2012) Launch RD&D priorities Joint Activities

Our vision is that by 2025, the first geological disposal facilities for spent fuel, high-level waste, and other long-lived radioactive

waste will be operating safely in Europe.




Strategic Documentation




Our commitment

Our commitment is to:

build confidence in the safety of geological disposal solutions among European citizens and decision-makers

encourage the establishment of waste management programmes that integrate geological disposal as the accepted option for the safe long-term management of long-lived and/or high-level waste

facilitate access to expertise and technology and maintain competences in the field of geological disposal for the benefit of Member States




Why a geological disposal?

Internationally recommended solution as the end point of radioactive waste management

Potential risk linked with high-level and/or long-lived radioactive waste (incl. spent nuclear fuels when declared as waste) during several hundreds thousand years. Only a “passive” system can ensure safety for such a long period

“passive”: without the need for human intervention to guarantee long-term safety (but without precluding the possibility of such intervention during a certain period of time)

suitable (stable, …) geological formation at depth, combined with man-made barriers

geological uncertainties <<< societal uncertainties over such period




Geological disposals under construction




IGD-TP Participants

Waste Management Organisations Academia (Nuclear) Research Centers Consulting companies Industry

From EU countries + NWMO + RWMC …

100 participants committed by the vision




Executive group members




Organisation of IGD-TP

IGD-TP’s Exchange forumExchange of information, advice,

questions discussion and proposals

IGD-TP’s Executive GroupInitiates, decides, steers, funds and directs

IGD-TP and its collaboration and itsstrategic documentation ( updates of SRA,

DP), establishes Working groups and, organizes information exchange

IGD-TP SecretariatSupport and catalyses the IGD-TP’s activities and organisational evolution

Acts as a communication and information centreFollow up the deployment of joint activities and updates the Master Deployment Plan

Organizes Exchange Forums and maintains web site and extranetReports to the EG

Joint Activity Types for Deployment

ORWG, TSWGIEP, TEP, TT

according to MasterDeployment Plan

Coordination with ECEuratom

Framework programme

Terms of Reference(ToR) of IGD-TP

IGD-TP’s WorkingGroup

SRADP

IWGCMET

IGD-TP’s Founding DocumentsVision

Strategic Research Agenda (SRA)Deployment Plan (DP)




Deployment of activities – SRA Key Topics

Safety case

Waste forms and their behaviour

Technical feasibility and long-term performance of repository

components

Development strategy of the repository

Safety of construction and operations

Monitoring

Governance and stakeholder involvement




Dialogue with regulators,

Competence maintenance, Education and Training,

Knowledge Management (incl. information preservation,

memory keeping),

Communication interfaces and other activities

supporting information exchange.

Deployment of activities – SRA cross-cutting activities




JA Joint Activity EU Project 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 On-going Activity

JA1 Waste forms and their behaviour

First-Nuclides Start date 2012- 01-01 Duration

36 monthsREDUPP

Start date 2011-04-01 Duration 36 months

JA2Full scale

demonstration of Plugging and

Sealing

DOPASStart date 2012- 08-16 Duration 42 months

Started in August 2012

JA3 Waste forms and their behaviour CAST Project

Generation & migration of C14 species (to be submitted in Nov.

2012)

JA4Monitoring the Environmental

Reference State

1st draft guidelines

JA5Safety of

constructions and operations

ORWG - Pilot Project on needs and common interest ground

Status of the Joint Activities (1/3)




How it works? Example Plug and SealFrom the JA to the Call

JA 2 : Full Scale Demonstration of Plugs and Seals TSWG October 2011- March 2012

Topic: Fission-2012-1.1.1: Technical feasibility and long-term performance of repository components – full-scale demonstration of plugs and seals.

RD&D activities for demonstrating the feasibility of the full-scale construction, testing and achievement of the safety functions of plugs and seals to fulfil the required long-term performance of the components and safety of the repository.




How it works? Example Plug and SealFrom the call to the project

Dopas Project:Includes 4 full scale tests:

Andra Full Scale Seal (FSS) Rawra Experimental Pressure Plug (EPP) SKB Deposition tunnel plug demonstration

(DOMPLU) Posiva Deposition tunnel plug demonstration

(POPLU) The project length is 48 months (Started

01/09/2012)




How it works? Example Plug and SealPartners




How it works? Example Plug and SealAchievements to date

Experiment 1 FSS (Bure)

Experiment 2 EPSP(Prague)

Experiment 3 DOMPLU(Aspö)

Experiment 4 POPLU(Onkalo)




IGD-TP major achievements to date

In line with the SRA Key topics and DP• 12 of 16 Joint Activities already launched• 7 EU project launched or to be launched

Way forward • One or two EU projects to be launched per year • 4 JA to be launched before 2016• Involvement of a broader range of stakeholders• New ways of working together to be studied• Stimulating new ideas that could complement the SRA




SecIGD2 - Specific Actions towards less advanced programmes

The SecIGD2 has a specific work package to help network, structure and develop RD&D competences in countries with less advanced geological disposal programmes.

The SecIGD2 supports the development and coordination of needed competences to meet the Vision 2025 as a part of the platform's Competence maintenance, Education and Training working group.




SecIGD2 WP2

Support for networking, structuring and developing RD&D competences in countries with less advanced geological disposal programmes This work package led by the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

(NDA) aims at Providing specific support to a Working Group (WG) in charge of networking, structuring and developing RD&D competences in countries with less advanced geological disposal programmes

This work package will support the organisation for two international conferences for disseminating the public scientific and technical information and results derived from the IGD-TP's Joint Activities and from other RD&D efforts in the field of geological disposal.

Experience collected from international and bilateral cooperation will be used to develop the methods to ensure effective resource utilisation in the knowledge transfer States.




SecIGD2 WP2 – Call (1/2)

Call for participation to the Working Group aiming at providing support for networking, structuring and developing RD&D

competences in countries with less advanced geological disposal programmes”

This Working Group is open to representatives of less advanced programmes and the interested Exchange Forum (EF) participants (academics, TSOs and other organisation willing to contribute actively in the work) of these countries to deepen the analysis on the content of the Deployment Plan




SecIGD2 WP2 – Call (2/2)

This working Group will have to : Identify the specific needs of the less advanced programmes; Analyse how they are, or could be taken into account Identify key open specific documentation accessible on specific topics Prepare proposals to implement these needs; Engage with other organisations to exchange information, to build up

competence and to promote the concept of shared repository development; Identify areas of possible Technical transfer (TT).

The group is now looking for volunteers to progress these work tasks. If you wish to volunteer to the R&D support Working Group, please enrol by informing the IGD TP ‐Secretariat of your interest by email: ([email protected]) or ([email protected]) with a copy to the Work Package leaders Raymond Kowe ([email protected]) or Ellie Scourse (ellie.scourse@mcm international.ch‐).

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:ellie.scourse@mcm%E2%80%90international.ch




SecIGD2- WP3 CMET (1/2)

Support for the development, implementation and coordination of Competence Maintenance, Education and Training (CMET) activities in geological disposal in Europe.

The IGD-TP's SRA 2011 identified the current knowledge specific to geological disposal in the field of CMET, where the community is fairly small compared with the rest of the nuclear sector.

In geological disposal a very broad range of qualifications, competence and expertise are required for a wide range of scientific and technical disciplines and humanities, including economics, communication, and competence development.

Simultaneously, the RTD community in geological disposal competes with a large variety of industries and research institutes to attract suitably qualified personnel




SecIGD2- WP3 CMET (2/2)

If you wish to volunteer to the CMET Working Group, please enrol by informing the IGD-TP Secretariat of your interest by e-mail ([email protected] and [email protected] with a copy to the CMET chair Ms Marjatta Palmu [email protected]).You will then be included into the mailing list of the group and you will receive further communications around the actions and meetings.







You are the implementer: Join US at the EG!

The interest to be part of the EG for a WMO is

to express directly at the decision level of the Platform the R&D needs and interest of the WMO to be taken into account in the deployment of activities.

to have a direct access to all the information coming from the European Commission and especially information about new calls and new EU policy

to follow up precisely the evolution of the joint activities

Participating to the EG implies some commitments: to attend the meetings (3 EG + EF per year) to contribute actively in the work by joining Joint Activity




You are interested? Join US at the EF! (1/2)

The Exchange Forum (EF)

The Exchange Forum (EF) participants are all relevant stakeholders in Europe (industry, research and academia, technical safety organisations, and non-governmental organisations) willing to contribute to the objectives stated in the Vision Document and to establishing and implementing the Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) and the accompanying Deployment Plan (DP).




You are interested? Join US at the EF! (2/2)

The participants' responsibilities include information exchange with the platform on the SRA and related RD&D needs, providing written recommendations to the Executive Group, participation in the consultation of the SRA and the DP. The participants are also asked to identify and provide resources for the Joint Activities.

All stakeholders endorsing the vision of the Implementing Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste Technology Platform (IGD-TP) are welcome to join the platform. The level of involvement varies depending on the input of the stakeholders into the platform's activities and funding.




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See you at our next Exchange Forum in Prague !

October 29-30 2013

THANK YOU !