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International conference on safe decommissioning for nuclear activities: Assuring the safe termination of practices involving radioactive materials. Contributed papers

Abstract

Thousands of operations involving the use of radioactive substances will end during the current century. While there is considerable regulatory experience in the 'front end' of the regulatory system for practices, the experience at the back end is more limited as fewer practices have actually been terminated. When a practice is terminated because the facility has reached the end of its useful life, action has to betaken to ensure the safe shutdown of the facility and allow the removal of regulatory controls. There are many issues involved in the safe termination of practices. These include setting criteria for the release of material and sites from regulatory control; determining the suitability of the various options for decommissioning nuclear facilities, managing the waste and material released from control (recycling, reuse or disposal), and the eventual remediation of the site. Some countries have put in place regulatory infrastructures and have developed programmes to manage the associated decommissioning and remediation activities. Other countries are at the stage of assessing what is involved in terminating such practices. The purpose of this Conference is to foster an information exchange on the safe an orderly termination of practices that involve the use of radioactive substances, including both  More>>
Publication Date:
Jul 01, 2002
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
IAEA-CN-93
Resource Relation:
Conference: International conference on safe decommissioning for nuclear activities: Assuring the safe termination of practices involving radioactive materials, Berlin (Germany), 14-18 Oct 2002; Other Information: Refs, figs, tabs; PBD: 2002
Subject:
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; DECOMMISSIONING; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FUEL CYCLE; LEADING ABSTRACT; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; REGULATIONS; REMEDIAL ACTION; SAFETY; SPENT FUEL STORAGE; MEETINGS
OSTI ID:
20290838
Research Organizations:
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria); Bundesamt fuer Strahlenschutz (BfS) (Germany)
Country of Origin:
IAEA
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
TRN: XA0202874052257
Availability:
Available from INIS in electronic form
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
408 pages
Announcement Date:
Nov 08, 2002

Citation Formats

None. International conference on safe decommissioning for nuclear activities: Assuring the safe termination of practices involving radioactive materials. Contributed papers. IAEA: N. p., 2002. Web.
None. International conference on safe decommissioning for nuclear activities: Assuring the safe termination of practices involving radioactive materials. Contributed papers. IAEA.
None. 2002. "International conference on safe decommissioning for nuclear activities: Assuring the safe termination of practices involving radioactive materials. Contributed papers." IAEA.
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title = {International conference on safe decommissioning for nuclear activities: Assuring the safe termination of practices involving radioactive materials. Contributed papers}
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abstractNote = {Thousands of operations involving the use of radioactive substances will end during the current century. While there is considerable regulatory experience in the 'front end' of the regulatory system for practices, the experience at the back end is more limited as fewer practices have actually been terminated. When a practice is terminated because the facility has reached the end of its useful life, action has to betaken to ensure the safe shutdown of the facility and allow the removal of regulatory controls. There are many issues involved in the safe termination of practices. These include setting criteria for the release of material and sites from regulatory control; determining the suitability of the various options for decommissioning nuclear facilities, managing the waste and material released from control (recycling, reuse or disposal), and the eventual remediation of the site. Some countries have put in place regulatory infrastructures and have developed programmes to manage the associated decommissioning and remediation activities. Other countries are at the stage of assessing what is involved in terminating such practices. The purpose of this Conference is to foster an information exchange on the safe an orderly termination of practices that involve the use of radioactive substances, including both decommissioning and environmental remediation, and to promote improved coherence internationally on strategies and criteria for the safe termination of practices.}
place = {IAEA}
year = {2002}
month = {Jul}
}