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SNE-TP General Assembly – Brussels, 14 September 2010

Maarten Van Geet and Gérald Ouzounian

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European Initiative: Implementing Geological Disposal of

Radioactive Waste Technology Platform

IGD-TP

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2 © SecIGD © IGD-TP

Technology Platform

(IGD-TP)

From Vision to Implementation

© IGD-TP


Organisations endorsing the Vision (at June 2010)

PURAM


Shared Vision

Our vision is that by 2025, the first geological

disposal facilities for spent fuel, high-level waste,

and other long-lived radioactive waste will be

operating safely in Europe.


Current participants (End of May 2010) 11 WMO’s + 37 research organisations, academia and ngo’s

• Belgium: ONDRAF, AREVA, CEN-SCK, Eurogeosurveys

• Czech: RAWRA, Czeck Technical University Prague

• Finland: POSIVA OY

• France: ANDRA, CNRS, INPL, GEM, INERIS, INRIA, UTT, Université de Versailles St Quentin

• Germany: BMWi, BGR, DBE Tec, FD R, F Julich, GRS, GNS, IELF-TUC, KIT, S&B Minerals, U.Freiburg

• Greece: S&B Industrials & Minerals

• Hungary: PURAM

• NGOs: Greenpeace

• Italy: ENEA

• Netherlands: COVRA, NRG

• Romania: CITON, IFIN-NH

• Spain: ENRESA, AITEMIN, Amphos XXI, CIEMAT, Ingemisa, UPM

• Sweden: SKB, Nova Fou, Stockholm University, Studsvik

• Switzerland: NAGRA

• UK: NDA, BGS, Cardiff U., Loughborough U., NNL, Galson Sc.

To join: www.igdtp.eu

http://www.igdtp.eu/


IGD-TP’s organisation

Source: IGD-TP’s Vision Report


Main tasks to be accomplished during the next two years

Vision Report Strategic Research Agenda Deployment Plan 2009 (done) 2010 2011 RD&D priorities forms of joint work for licencing and and activities implementation


Why to join? Our vision is that by 2025, the first geological disposal facilities for spent fuel,

high-level waste, and other long-lived radioactive waste will be operating safely in Europe.

• Be involved in the next planned activities – Strategic Research Agenda (SRA)

• How to achieve the Vision Report’s goal

• Identification of research, development and demonstration (RD&D) areas and needs

• Prioritizing RD&D needs

– Deployment Plan

• Benefits for industry, research organisations and all stakeholders


Benefits to industry and to research organisations

• Have a collective and more influential voice at the European level

• Have an unequalled chance to be kept informed on the developments and future needs, and to prepare programmes

• Contribute to the defining of key projects for funding by all interested parties


Benefits to all stakeholders

The SRA is an important step for

• Communicating the remaining research needs

• Creating synergies, co-operation, co-ordination within the IGD-TP, and with activities taking place in other technology platforms and within other international co-operation forums


Next steps

•Define the Strategic Research Agenda 2010

•Consultation foreseen by end of 2010

•First Exchange Forum beginning of 2011

•Implement the Strategic Research Agenda

•Possible influence on future FP calls


WMOs program

needs

Areas of importance and urgency + Priorities

JOINT

EFFORTS: -Joint

Projects

-Information

Exchange

-Technology

Transfer

-Training

-etc…

Deployment Plan

Vision Report

EC projects :

NET.EXCEL,

CARD

Strategic

Research

Agenda

Stake- holder

research needs

Stakeholders

Participation Advice

Development of

SRA and DP


What has basically to be considered in the prioritization of RD&D tasks ?

• Waste Management Programs & Conceptions - Geological disposal concepts: state of advancement, time frames, etc

• International & National Framework Conditions - Regulations - legal requirements - safety standards - etc

• State-of-the-Art - Radioactive waste management - engineering - sciences - RD&D

• WMOs needs for - licensing - construction - operation - final closure for - reduction of uncertainties for - confidence building - public acceptance for - training and education


WMOs needs for implementing geological disposal (an example)

STAGES Generic Studies

Selection Development Demonstration Application

Technology Conceptual Engineering

Host Rock &

Site

Technology Technology Industrial Scale Manufacturing

Repository Conceptual

Design Repository

Design Repository

Construction Repository Operation

Application of methodology in safety case (improvement of methods if needed) Safety Strategy

& Methodology

Long-term Safety:

scientific/technical

Facility &

component

design

Site related

characteristics

Basically

done for

reaching

the Vision

in 2025

Component &

layout design

In situ experiments

Improvement of data base

& systems understanding Large scale in situ

& component tests

Specific residual issues

Confirmation

Studies at site

Operational safety studies

Detailed site characterization

Excavation & Exploration

Full-scale

protoytpes,

industrial

scheme

Construction of main

underground facilities

Full-scale

production

and operation

Confirmation of

rock properties

Construction

Confirmation

Monitoring


How is the Prioritization Process done?

• Checking WMO programs for their specific RD&D priorities

• Identification and compilation of key issues by WMOs (with focus on thematic issues which are important)

• Classification of issues according their importance to Vision and time target (2025) (next presentation)

• Analyzing major trends in order to find common RD&D issues Key Topics (early check up with stakeholders (SRA seminar) will help to verify the state-of-the-art and to specify matters)

• Listing of priority topics to be presented to stakeholders (consultation of participants, information to stakeholders)

• Finalization of Strategic Research Agenda and setting up the deployment plan (process to be repeated in regular intervals)


IGD-TP Methodology for Prioritization of RD&D

Framework for the SRA within the repository development context

Expression of RD&D needs by

Waste Management Programs

Compilation of key issues

Vision related analysis

Major trends and list of Key

Topics

Step 2Classification

of vision relatedRD&D issues

Step 3Major trends –

common RD&D topics

Step 4Prioritization

of RD&D topics

Step 1Compilationof key issues

by implementers

SRA

Step 5Information

& Consultation

Process

RD&D in waste management

programs

Step 2Classification

of vision relatedRD&D issues

Step 3Major trends –

common RD&D topics

Step 4Prioritization

of RD&D topics

Step 1Compilationof key issues

by implementers

SRA

Step 5Information

& Consultation

Process

RD&D in waste management

programs

Workflow for steps 0 to 3


Key Topics 1. Safety case methodology

improvement of tools treatment of uncertainties specifics (scenario related)

Scientific and technological basis for long-term safety 2. high burn-up – spent fuel 3. long-term behaviour of sealing materials

Design engineering and construction 4. design adaptation and optimisation 5. optimisation and demonstration of construction

technology for repository components

Cross-cutting and other 6. operational safety 7. monitoring 8. stakeholder involvement and governance


WMO specific topics and supporting actions

• Requirement management • Waste acceptance – QA issues and Safeguards • Industrial scheme • Transportation • Costing • Communication / information activities • Knowledge management


The SRA seminar (Brussels 16/06/2010)

• All partners invited: process and key topics presented

• ½ a day of interaction allowing participants to give input

• No comments on methodology/process

• A lot of input for the key topics, but to our opinion mainly for the Deployment Plan


How to join?

• Joining a platform is not a simple decision. It is a commitment:

– To participate to the work performed in the framework of the platform

– To share views and works for the Vision

• Joining the IDG-TP platform is simple

– To endorse the Vision

– To send an application form to the Secretariat

www.igdtp.eu

http://www.igdtp.eu/


Conclusion

• Solutions are available to achieve safety with SF and HLW Geological disposal

– Key research areas are identified for further improvements

– IGD-TP was launched to organize research programmes between EC member states

• Coordination with other platforms and programmes

Partitioning and transmutation can provide help in optimizing disposal solutions

In this respect the SRA will propose collaboration with SNE-TP

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