Joint Research Centre
The European Commission’s
in-house science service
European Commission
Joint Research Centre (JRC)
Institute for Transuranium Elements
Operational Issues in
Radioactive Waste
Management and
Nuclear Decommissioning
6th International Summer School 2014
Via Enrico Fermi 2749
I-21027 – Ispra (VA) – Italy
International Summer School 2014 Secretariat
Ms Silvia FASANI: Silvia.Fasani@ec.europa.eu
Mr Marco CEREGATTI: Marco.Ceregatti@ec.europa.eu
http://2014.radioactivewastemanagement.org
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Auditorium, Room 58c
JRC-ISPRA, Italy
8-12 September
International Summer School 2014: Operational Issues in Radioactive Waste Management and Nuclear Decommissioning
8 September 2014
08:30-09:30 Registration of participants
09:30-10:00 Welcome address
Willem Janssens, EC-JRC
SESSION 1: Legal framework, regulation and
guidelines
10:00-10:45 Radioactive waste and spent fuel management
activities in the IAEA - Gérard Bruno, IAEA
10:45-11:15 Coffee Break and Group Picture
11:15-12:00 Decommissioning ongoing and planned at Joint
Research Centre Ispra Site of the European
Commission - Gianfranco Brunetti, EC-JRC
13:30-13:45
13:45-15:15
15:15-15:45
15:45-16:15
Bus transfer to four Laboratories
Laboratory visits
Bus transfer to Auditorium and coffee break
Operational radiation protection in D&WM
Daniele Giuffrida, FANR
16:15-16:45 Nucleonica Nuclear Science Portal: An
innovative professional and technical resource
for knowledge creation and competence
building in nuclear filed
Joseph Magill, Nucleonica
16:45-17:15 Record keeping for decommissioning and
waste management
Michele Laraia, Nuclear Consultant
17:15-17:30 Discussion and day wrap up
12:00-13:30 Buffet Lunch
13:30-13:45
13:45-15:15
15:15-15:45
15:45-16:15
Bus transfer to four Laboratories
Laboratory visits
Bus transfer to Auditorium and coffee break
Operation to Decommissioning Transition
Michele Laraia, Nuclear Consultant
16:15-16:45 Preparation of safety assessment report for
D&WM
Jeroen Welbergen, COVRA
16:45-17:15 The European Waste Directive: Structure,
Content and Implementation Guidance
Gunnar Buckau, EC-JRC
17:15-17:30 Discussion and day wrap up
9 September 2014
SESSION 2: Radiation Protection
09:00-09:45 Effects of low radiation doses
Philip Metcalf, IRPA
09:45-10:30 Stakeholder's Engagement
Marie Claire Cantone, UNIMI
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:30 Communication in D&WM
Tanja Perko, SCK-CEN
11:30-12:15 Biological research on low doses
Anna Giovanetti, ENEA
12:15-13:30 Buffet Lunch
10 September 2014
SESSION 3: Characterization and Clearance
09:00-09:45 Clearance and Exemption
Pete Burgess, Nuclear Consultant
09:45-10:30 Overview of radioactive Waste
Characterization at SCK-CEN
Pierre Van Iseghem, SCK-CEN
10:30-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-11:30 Nuclear Waste Characterization and Quality
Control
Holger Tietze-Jaensch, FZ Julich
11:30-12:15 Data Quality Objectives in the release of
radiological facilities
Denis Buckley, Nuclear Consultant
12:15-13:30 Buffet Lunch
13:30-13:45
13:45-15:15
15:15-15:45
15:45-16:15
Bus transfer to four Laboratories
Laboratory visits
Bus transfer to Auditorium and coffee break
Methods for radiological characterization
Petr Kovarik, ENVINET
16:15-16:45 Destructive and non-destructive controls of
radioactive waste at CEA
Lionel Boucher, CEA Cadarache
16:45-17:15 Assessment of alpha emitter's content in
radioactive waste
Bent Pedersen, EC-JRC
17:15-17:30 Discussion and day wrap up
11 September 2014
SESSION 4: Operational Decommissioning
09:00-09:45 Cutting & dismantling techniques
Bernard Rottner, ONET Technologies
09:45-10:30 Radiation Protection in Nuclear Power Plants
Celso Osimani, Nuclear Consultant
10:30-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-11:30 Experience Feedback of Decommissioning and
Waste Management within the Joint Research
Centre
Pierre Kockerols, EC-JRC
Operational Decommissioning experience in
selected European Countries:
11:30-12:00 Germany - Przemyslaw Imielski, GRS
12:00-13:30 Buffet Lunch
13:30-13:45
13:45-15:15
15:15-15:45
15:45-16:15
16:15-16:45
16:45-17:15
17:15-17:30
18:30-20:00
Bus transfer to four Laboratories
Laboratory visits
Bus transfer to Auditorium and coffee break
France - Ludovic Vaillant, CEPN
Netherlands - Jeroen Welbergen, COVRA
U.K. - Denis Buckley, Nuclear Consultant
Discussion and day wrap up
Reception with Lecture
12 September 2014
SESSION 5: Waste Management
09:00-09:30 EU Legislation in the Field of Decommissioning
Thomas Kirchner, EC-JRC
09:30-10:00 Disposal of Radioactive waste
Piero Risoluti, Nuclear Consultant
10:00-10:30 Final waste packaging for disposal
Angelo Paratore, SOGIN
10:30-10:45 Long Coffee Break
10:45-11:15 Waste and materials’ characterization systems
Pete Burgess, Nuclear Consultant
11:15-11:45 Geological disposal of long-lived radioactive
waste
Jan Marivoet, Nuclear Consultant
11:45-13:15 Anonymous Questionnaire
13:15-13:30 Closing statement
Celso Osimani, Nuclear Consultant
13:30-14:30 Buffet Lunch