1. Introduction
Decommissioning is an international and interregional problem because it concerns transboundary issues. Within the framework of MAGATE, the network IDN has been created.
But in each country there is also need for a solution for interregional solutions for dealing with waste. Often a national repository is proposed, but experience has been complex.
Transfer from one region to another has been challenging. National legislation is necessary. In the US, spent nuclear waste has become the prerogative of national legislation. There is the example of the Texas Vermont Compact Commission. In Russia's Zheleznogorsk, a national repository and another 30 regional sites for low-level waste have been proposed. Discussion of this problem took place at the Round Table.
This topic describes the need for international cooperation, and collaboration among authorities at all levels in order to ensure equal standards of safety during decommissioning and handling of RW and SNF. National and regional authorities, the operators of nuclear facilities, and the public all play a critical role.
TOPIC OF COURSE
- Topic 01. Current condition of nuclear energy
- Topic 02. Legislation in the US and in Russia
- Topic 03. International law in the sphere of decommissioning
- Topic 04. Role of the national regulators in the decommissioning process
- Topic 05. Possible approaches and scenarios of decommissioning
- Topic 06. Existing experience of decommissioning
- Topic 07. Strategy for handling radioactive waste (RW) and spent nuclear fuel (SNF) USA experience
- Topic 08. Strategy for handling RW and SNF Russian experience & other countries
- Topic 09. Social aspects of decommissioning
- Topic 10. International and inter-regional cooperation for safe decommissioning
CONCEPT OF A DECOMMISSION PLAN FOR OLD NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS Guiding Principles from Environmental NGOs
