Monday, 28 January 2013
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| 14:00 - 18:30 |
Session I (Plenary)
Decommissioning, Environmental Remediation and Associated Waste Management Challenges Resulting from Nuclear and Radiological Accidents |
| Chairperson: |
C. M. Larsson, Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) |
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Opening addressess: |
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D. Flory
Deputy Director General Department of Nuclear Safety and Security (IAEA)
A. Bychkov
Deputy Director General Department of Nuclear Energy (IAEA)
C. M. Larsson
Chief Executive Officer, Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) |
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Keynote presentations: |
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M. Gilbertson and D. Huizenga
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Overview of the DOE-EM Environmental Legacy: current status and long-term strategies for decommissioning and environmental restoration (USA) |
H. Nishiyama
Fukushima Decontamination Promotion Team, Ministry of the Environment of Japan
The Long-term Strategy for Environmental Remediation following the Fukushima Dai-ichi Accident (Japan) |
H. Nakanishi
Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
The Long-term Strategy for Decommissioning following the Fukushima Dai-ichi Accident (Japan) |
O. Mykolaichuk
State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate
Regulatory Challenges Relevant to Decommissioning and Remediation (Ukraine) |
G. Caruso
Nuclear Safety Action Team
Activities being carried out under the IAEA’s Nuclear Safety Action Plan (IAEA) |
T. Lazo
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Nuclear Energy Agency
Programme and Perspectives on Post-Accident Decommissioning and Remediation (OECD-NEA) |
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
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| 09:00 -12:30 |
Session II (Plenary)
Review of Experience and Strategic Lessons Learned from Past Accidents or Legacy Situations |
| Co-Chairpersons: |
V. Holosha
Ministry of Ukraine for Emergency Situations and Public Protection from the Consequences of the Chernobyl Accident (Ukraine) and L. Camper, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USA) |
J. DeVine
Critical Lessons from the TMI-2 Recovery Program (USA) |
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M. Cross
Nuvia Ltd
Decommissioning Preparations for the Accident-Damaged Pile 1 Reactor at Windscale, UK (UK) |
V. Seyda
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and V. Holosha, State Agency of Ukraine for Exclusion Zone Management
Chernobyl NPP Decommissioning and Remediation Activities and End State of the Chernobyl Site following the Remediation (Ukraine) |
Y. G. Mokrov
Mayak Production Association
The Accident at Kyshtym (Russian Federation) |
M. Gilbertson
US Department of Energy (DOE)
Experience and Strategic Lessons Learned from Decommissioning and Remediation of Large Nuclear Legacy Sites (USA) |
| 14:00 -18:00 |
Session III (Parallel Sessions)
Challenges in Decommissioning and Remediation
Parallel Session III-A
Remediation Challenges and Determination of End States |
| Co-Chairpersons: |
I. Salati
Brazilian Nuclear Energy Commission (Brazil)
O. Mykolaichuk
State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate (Ukraine) |
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L. Ramos Salvador
Nuclear Safety Commission (CSN)
Regulatory Framework for Remediation (Spain) |
M. Balonov
St. Petersburg Scientific Research Institute of Radiation Hygiene
Site and Exposure Scenario Characterization and Assessment of Radiological Impacts (Russian Federation) |
H. Belencan
US Department of Energy (DOE)
Experience with in Situ Decommissioning as a Remediation End Point (USA) |
A. Nisbet
Health Protection Agency
Recovery Handbooks: Their Application and Future Development (UK) |
A. Nisbet [NCRP]
Health Protection Agency
Decision making for late-phase recovery from nuclear or radiological incidents |
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Oral Presentations of Posters |
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T. Ichiki
Evaluation of Redistribution Effects of Cs by Wild Fire in Evacuation Area after Accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Site (Japan) |
M. Kato
Investigation of Secondary Off-site Radiological Effect due to Living Activities after Fukushima Accident (Japan) |
S. Nakayama
Cleanup of Farmland Contaminated by the Fukushima Nuclear Accident (Japan) |
M. Okumura
Prior Estimation of Dose Reduction as a Result of Decontamination in Fukushima Pilot Projects (Japan) |
M. Sneve
International Cooperation on Regulatory Supervision of Legacies Arising from Nuclear Accidents (Norway) |
D. Sugiyama
Fundamental Consideration on Reference Levels in Radiological Protection for Implementation of Practical Off-site Remediation (Japan) |
O. Voitsekhovych
Chernobyl Cooling Pond Remediation Strategy (Ukraine) |
| 14:00 -18:00 |
Session III (Parallel Sessions)
Challenges in Decommissioning and Remediation
Parallel Session III-B
Challenges in Planning and Implementation of Decommissioning |
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E. Kudryavstsev
Rostechnadzor (Russian Federation) |
L. Barrett
L. Barrett Consulting LLC
Development Post Accident Decommissioning & Remediation Implementation Plans (USA) |
M. Bozik
JAVYS, Nuclear and Decommissioning Company
Organizational and Managerial Aspects of Decommissioning after an Accident (Slovakia) |
M. Chevallier
GIE Intra
Development and Application of Equipment and Tools for Intervention after an Accident (France) |
L. Camper
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC), U.S.
NRC Regulatory Process for Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities and Actions Related to Damaged Facilities after Accident (USA) |
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Oral Presentations of Posters |
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H. Ikeuchi
Selection of Fuel-debris Properties Required for Defueling Work at Post Severe Accident (Japan) |
V. Slugen
Strategy of Back-end of Nuclear Energy in Slovak Republic and Financing of Decommissioning of NPP A1 (Slovakia) |
T. Sushko
Transformation of the Object Shelter into an Ecologically Safe System.
Arrangement of the New Safe Confinement Arch Assembly Platform for the Object Shelter (Ukraine) |
V. Paloor
National Framework for Decommissioning and Environmental Remediation following a Nuclear Accident (India) |
T. Tsukada
R&D back-ups for Operation of the Highly Contaminated Water Treatment System in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (Japan) |
I. Yamagishi
Safe Storage of Zeolite Adsorbents used for Treatment of Accident-generated Water at Fukushima Daiichi Power Station (Japan) |
S. Oue
Decommissioning a Post-nuclear Accident in Canada (Canada) |
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
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| 09:00 -12:30 |
Session IV (Parallel Sessions)
Challenges in Decommissioning and Remediation (ctd.)
Parallel Session IV-A
Case Studies for Remediation |
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I. Salati
Brazilian Nuclear Energy Commission (Brazil)
O. Mykolaichuk
State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate (Ukraine) |
T. Inoue
(on behalf of Fukushima Prefecture)
Current Issues on Remediation in Fukushima and Creation of Newborn Fukushima (Japan) |
J. Lochard
ICRP
The Human Dimension of Remediation after a Nuclear Accident: from Experience to ICRP Recommendations (France) |
I. Bogdevitch
Research Institute for Soil Science & Agrochemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Remediation in Areas affected by the Chernobyl Accident (Belarus) |
K. Miyahara
Fukushima Environmental Safety Centre (JAEA)
Overview of the Results of Fukushima Decontamination Pilot Projects (Japan) |
E. Amaral
Brazil
Remediation following the Goiania Accident (Brazil) |
C. Sancho Llerandi
CIEMAT
Remediation after the Palomares Accident: Scientific and Social Aspects (Spain) |
M. F. Kiselev
FMBA
Radiation Protection Strategies aimed at ensuring Radiation Safety for the Population of the East-Urals Radioactive Trace (EURT) (Russian Federation) |
| 09:00 -12:30 |
Session IV (Parallel Sessions)
Challenges in Decommissioning and Remediation (ctd.)
Parallel Session IV-B
Challenges in Planning and Implementation of Decommissioning ctd. |
| Co-Chairperson: |
E. Kudryavstsev
Rostechnadzor (Russian Federation) |
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V.Tokarevsky
Institute for Chernobyl Problems
Establishment of Interim Facilities on Site during the Stabilization/Clean-up Phase: Chernobyl Experience (Ukraine) |
Y. Desnoyers
Geovariances
Radiological and Physical Characterization of Accident Damaged Facilities (France) |
S. Suzuki
TEPCO
Demolition and Removal of Structures Damaged or Contaminated as a Result of the Fukushima Accident (Japan) |
J. Feinhals
DMT GmbH & Co. KG
Global Experience with Implementation of Clearance (Germany) |
S. Slater
Sellafield Ltd
Decontamination, Segmentation and Dismantling of Accident-Damaged Facilities (UK) |
| 14:00 -18:00 |
Session V (Parallel Sessions)
Management of Radioactive Waste and Damaged Fuel
Parallel Session V-A
Generation and Management of Materials and Waste |
| Co-Chairpersons: |
W. Blommaert
FANC, (Belgium)
Cheng Hui Ma
Ministry of Environmental Protection (China) |
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P. Brennecke
Germany
The Waste Management Strategy and the Licensing Process Prior to and After an Accident (Germany) |
R. Seitz
Savannah River Site
Management of Radioactive Waste Resulting from Remediation Efforts in the United States of America (USA) |
T. Kilochytska
State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate
Management of Large Waste Volumes of Solid Waste in Ukraine (Ukraine) |
M. Paul
WISMUT
Experience of the WISMUT Project with Management of Large Volumes of Radioactive Residues (Germany) |
Panel Discussion:
Strategy, Planning and Licensing of Facilities and Activities for RWM
F. Besnus, Institute of Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety, IRSN (France)
J. Deckers, Belgoprocess (Belgium)
T. Prévost, AREVA (France)
S. Suzuki, TEPCO (Japan) |
| 14:00 -18:00 |
Session V (Parallel Sessions)
Management of Radioactive Waste and Damaged Fuel
Parallel Session V-B
Fuel Retrieval and Management of Fuel Element Debris |
| Co-Chairpersons: |
S. K. Chande
India
J.L. Lachaume
ASN, (France) |
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S. Bourg
CEA/DEN/MAR/DRCP
Management of Damaged Fuel and Fuel Debris Resulting from Severe Reactor Core Melt Accident (France) |
R. Green
Exelon Corporation
TMI Unit 2 Post-accident Defueling (USA) |
C. Negin
Project Enhancement Corporation
Challenges for Removal of Damaged Fuel and Debris (USA) |
S. Szucsán
ALEX-ENG Technical Advisory and Service Ltd. Co.
Management of Damaged Fuel at Paks Nuclear Power Plant (Hungary) |
B. Burakov
Khlopin Radium Institute
Material study of Chernobyl Lava and Hot Particles (Russian Federation) |
Thursday, 31 January 2013
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| 09:00 -12:30 |
Session VI (Parallel Sessions)
Decommissioning and Remediation Standards and Technologies
Parallel Session VI-A
Decommissioning and Remediation Standards and their Application |
| Co-Chairpersons: |
C. Clement
International Commission for Radiological Protection (ICRP)
T. Kirchner
European Commission (EC) |
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H. Nishiyama
Ministry of the Environment
Standards for Remediation (Japan) |
W. Weiss
UNSCEAR
Understanding the Long-Term Implications of Severe Radiological Accidents (including Infrastructure and Resource Needs) (UNSCEAR) |
G. Williams
ARPANSA
Remediation of Contaminated Lands: the Maralinga Lessons (Australia) |
A.J. González
Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear
The International Safety Regime for Decommissioning and Remediation after a Nuclear Accident: Lessons and Challenges from Fukushima (Argentina) |
| 09:00 -12:30 |
Session VI (Parallel Sessions)
Decommissioning and Remediation Standards and Technologies
Parallel Session VI-B
Perspectives of Engineering and Technology Companies in Managing Complex Decommissioning and Remediation Projects |
| Co-Chairpersons: |
J. Mathieson
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (UK)
M. Gilbertson
US Department of Energy (USA) |
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H. Kawamura
Obayashi Corporation
Environmental Remediation in Fukushima Prefecture (Japan) |
O. Maekawa
Toshiba Corporation
Efforts for the Restoration at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants (Japan) |
B. Adhemar
AREVA
Lessons learned from the experience of AREVA in Japan between March and July 2011 (France) |
R. Kury
CH2M Hill
Lessons Learned from Decontamination and Decommissioning Projects (USA) |
Panel Discussion:
O. Maekawa, Toshiba Corporation (Japan)
H. Kawamura, Obayashi Corporation (Japan)
C. Austin, Energy Solutions LLC (USA)
P. Knollmeyer, Fluor (USA)
S. Rima, AMEC (USA)
B. Adhemar, AREVA (France) |
| 14:00 -18:00 |
Session VII (Plenary)
Improving National and International Cooperation for Managing the Post-Accident Phase of Nuclear and Radiological Accidents |
| Co-Chairpersons: |
T. Inoue
CRIEPI (Japan)
F. Besnus
IRSN (France) |
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N. Pelzer
University of Göttingen
International Conventions and their Application to Remediation and Decommissioning after a Nuclear Accident – is the Current System Adequate? (Germany) |
Deployment of Financial Resources for Remediation and Decommissioning after an Accident (EBRD) |
A. Bergmans
University of Antwerp
Decision-Making on Decommissioning and Remediation Strategies and Site End States – Involvement of Interested Parties (Belgium) |
J. L. Lachaume
Autorité de Sûrete Nucléaire (ASN)
Development of a National Doctrine for the Post-Accident Phase of a Nuclear Accident (France) |
A. Omoto
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Long-Term Knowledge and Information Management Following Severe Accidents (Japan) |
Panel Discussion:
Fostering Greater International Cooperation in Preparing for and Responding to
Large Accidents Including Sharing of Technical Resources (Knowledge and
People)
N. Pelzer, University of Göttingen (Germany)
V. Novak, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
A. Bergmans, University of Antwerp (Belgium)
J. L. Lachaume, Autorité de Sûrete Nucléaire (France)
A. Omoto, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan) |
Friday, 1 February 2013
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Session VIII (Plenary)
Closing Session |
| Chair: |
C. M. Larsson
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) |
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Chair’s Opening Remarks |
Presentation of Summaries of Sessions I - VII
L. Camper Session II
O. Mykolaichuk Sessions IIIA and IVA
E. Kudryastsev Sessions IIIB and IVB
W. Blommaert Session VA (Summary of Findings and Recommendations)
W. Blommaert Session VA (Summary Report)
S.K. Chande Session VB (Summary of Findings and Recommendations)
S.K. Chande Session VB (Summary Report)
C. Clement Session VIA (Summary of Findings and Recommendations)
C. Clement Session VIA (Summary Report)
M. Gilbertson Session VIB
T. Inoue Session VII
C.M. Larsson |
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