Nuclear Research and
consultancy Group
European Radiation Survey Site Execution Manual
Leo van Velzen
ENVIRONET Kick-off meeting
Vienna
23 – 26 November 2009
Contents
• Introduction to Nuclear Research and consultancy Group
• Needs
• Offer to the IAEA ENVIRONET Network
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Introduction to NRG
3
Introduction to NRG
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Introduction to NRG
Activities
R & D-assignments
-nuclear power plants
-fusion reactors
-health physics
-thermo hydraulics
-transmutation
-waste management
-waste characterisation
Services and consultancy
5 M€
13 M€
8 M€
(MEA)
-design and operation
-efficiency performance
-health physics
-radiation and
environment
-non-nuclear
applications (e.g. NORM)
14 M€
Production of Isotopes
-medical
-industrial
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Needs
The Netherlands:
• Highly populated;
• Highly industrialised;
• About 30% is below see level;
• High ground water velocity;
Contaminated sites needs to be
remediated so that they can
be reused for as much
purposes as possible,
preferable unrestricted reuse.
There is a constant need for new
proven/validated remediation
techniques.
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Offer: EURSSEM
European Radiation Survey and Site Execution Manual
EURSSEM (1st version) has been established within the 6th
EC Framework project “Coordination Network on
Decommissioning (CND)”. The CND project officially ended
31 June 2009.
The European Radiation Survey and Site Execution Manual
(EURSSEM) has been developed to provide a consistent
consensus approach and guidance to conduct all actions at
radioactively contaminated and potentially radioactively
contaminated sites and/or groundwater up to their release
for restricted or unrestricted (re)use.
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Offer: EURSSEM
• Approach:
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Service point of view, document free of names/pointers to
commercial organizations, governmental regulations, etc.
Leading strategies, leading practical option(s), etc.; all strategies,
practical options ….. no judging.
Applicable for all stakeholders involved in processes to remediate
or restore radioactively contaminated sites for restricted or
unrestricted (re)use.
• Combining (leading) literature:
-
IAEA;
MARSSIM (2002);
CIRIA Safegrounds
Learning Network:
ITRC;
EPA
Diverse
Member states – consensusRegulator/Agencies US
Nuclear Industry and Defense sites - UK
Interstate Techn. & Research Council - US
Environmental Protection Agency – US
Publications
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Offer: EURSSEM
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Development of a strategy,
implementation and
execution program to
remediate radioactively
contaminated sites
3 Characterisation of
radioactively contaminated
sites
4 Environmental remediation
of radioactively
contaminated sites
5 Stewardship
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Offer: EURSSEM
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Development of a strategy,
implementation and
execution program to
remediate radioactively
contaminated sites
3 Characterisation of
radioactively contaminated
sites
4 Environmental remediation
of radioactively
contaminated sites
5 Stewardship
- Background
- Purpose and scope of EURSSEM
- The EURSSEM approach
- Structure of the manual
- Use of the manual
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Offer: EURSSEM
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Development of a strategy,
implementation and
execution program to
remediate radioactively
contaminated sites
3 Characterisation of
radioactively contaminated
sites
4 Environmental remediation
of radioactively
contaminated sites
5 Stewardship
- Context and objectives
- Designing a remediation program for
radiological contaminated sites
- Basic considerations about planning
for remediation
- Practical implementation of the
management and selection of
remedial actions
- Stakeholder involvement
- Historical site assessment
- Risk assessment
- Health physics, safety, security and
environmental protection plan
- Site characterisation
- Environmental remediation plan
- Waste management and transport
plan
- Stewardship
- Record keeping
- Archive for future referencing
- Quality management plan
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Offer: EURSSEM
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Development of a strategy,
implementation and
execution program to
remediate radioactively
contaminated sites
3 Characterisation of
radioactively contaminated
sites
4 Environmental remediation
of radioactively
contaminated sites
5 Stewardship
- Introduction
- Definition of key terms adopted in
site characterisation
- Design of field-based site
characterisations; data quality
objective process
- Samples
- Sampling frequencies, locations
and patterns
- Non-intrusive methods
- Intrusive methods
- Field survey and laboratory
equipment
- Analysis of samples
- Data interpretation and drawing
conclusions
- Reporting results
- Common mistakes
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Offer: EURSSEM
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Development of a strategy,
implementation and
execution program to
remediate radioactively
contaminated sites
3 Characterisation of
radioactively contaminated
sites
4 Environmental remediation
of radioactively
contaminated sites
5 Stewardship
- Introduction
- Design of an environmental
remediation plan
- Remediation: Planning
approaches
- Remediation: Evaluation criteria
of approaches and techniques
- Overview of available remediation
techniques
- Remediation implementation
activities
- Conducting post-remediation
activities
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Offer: EURSSEM
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Development of a strategy,
implementation and
execution program to
remediate radioactively
contaminated sites
3 Characterisation of
radioactively contaminated
sites
4 Environmental remediation
of radioactively
contaminated sites
5 Stewardship
- Introduction
- Components of longterm
stewardship
- Management
- Institutional/administrative
controls
- Maintenance/long term behaviour
of engineering solutions
- Monitoring
- Periodic review
- Removal of restrictions of site
access
- Keeping stakeholders involved
- Economic context
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EURSSEM; //www.eurssem.eu/
Partner to the ENVIRONET Network
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Nuclear Research and consultancy Group
Thank you for your attention.
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