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2010-03-16
International Radioactive Waste Technical Committee (WATEC)
10th Meeting, 16 – 19 March 2010
VIC, IAEA Conference Room M6
OUTLINE AGENDA
Tuesday, 16 March 2010Morning Session
09:30 – 10:30 / Introductory session
· Welcoming / Opening address
· Chairman remarks
· Introduction of participants
· Adoption of the Agenda
· Administrative remarks / DIR-NEFW
M. Westerlind
I. Mele
10:30 – 11:00 / Coffee break
11:00 – 11:30 / Follow-up of WATEC 2009 recommendations
(Irena Mele)
11:30 – 12:30 / Overview of the IAEA Radioactive Waste Management Programme L (WTS and WES activities)
(Irena Mele)
·
12:30 – 14:00 / Lunch break
Afternoon Session
14:00 – 15:30 / Issues and Trends in RWM, D&D and ER in WATEC Member Countries:
Session rapporteurs: see below
WTS Sc. Secretary: John Kinker
· MSs with major, advanced nuclear programmes Summary of WATEC Members’ responses to the questionnaire (Alexander McWhirter)
· MSs with small- to medium-size nuclear programmes
Summary of WATEC Members’ responses
(Alan Carolissen)
· MSs with RW from nuclear applications
Summary of WATEC Members’ responses(Loreto Villanueva)
· Discussion
15:30 – 16:00 / Coffee break
16:00 – 17:30 / Issues and Trends in WATEC Member Countries (cont’d)
· Discussion (cont’d)
· Drafting WATEC report on Issues and Trends in WATEC Member Countries
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Morning Session
09:00 – 9:30 / Joint Convention
· New developments (Gabriela Siraky)
09:30 – 10:15 / Topical session on “Confidence building in RWM”
Session Rapporteur: Alan Carolissen
WTS Sc. Secretary: Paul Dinner
· Goals and Objectives (Paul Dinner)
· WTS Experience and Initiatives (Paul Dinner)
10:15 – 10:45 / Coffee break
10:45 – 11:45 / Topical session on “Confidence building in RWM” - Perspective from WATEC Meeting Participants
· NEA Initiatives, Results and Plans (Hans Riotte)
· South African Experience (Alan Carolissen)
· Spanish Experience (J.L. González Gómez)
· Swedish Experience (Magnus Westerlind)
11:45 – 12:30 / Topical session on “Confidence building in RWM” – Discussion and Conclusions
· Summary and remarks
· Suggested path forward on issues raised
12:30 – 14:00 / Lunch break
Afternoon Session
14:00 – 15:30 / Update on IAEA networking activities
· IDN Network (Paul Dinner)
· URF Network (Shaheed Hossain)
· DISPONET (Shaheed Hossain)
· ENVIRONET (Horst Monken Fernandes)
· LABONET (Susanta Kumar Samanta)
· Network of Networks – path forward? (Paul Dinner)
15:30 – 16:00 / Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00 / Update on International Organizations activities
· EC (Simon Webster)
· NEA (Hans Riotte)
· ISO (Badia Amekraz)
· WNA (Sylvain Saint-Pierre)
19:00 / Social Event
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Morning Session
09:00 – 10:30 / Topical session on “Legacy waste”:
Session Rapporteur: S.D. Misra
WTS Sc. Secretary: Zoran Drace
· Goals and Objectives + Summary of MSs contributions on legacy waste (S.D. Misra)
· WTS activities in support to reduce the legacy waste (Zoran Drace)
· Legacy Waste at RADON sites and legacies from nuclear materials production
(Pavel Poluektov)
· Legacy Waste in the USA (John Cochran)
10:30 – 11:00 / Coffee break
11:00 – 11:45 / Topical session on “Legacy waste”:
· Legacy Waste in Canada (Michael Stephens)
· Legacy Waste in India (Shri Dutt Misra)
· Legacy Waste in Slovakia (Marian Stubna)
11:45 – 12:30 / Topical session on “Legacy waste” (contd.):
· Discussion and drafting of WATEC recommendations to IAEA
12:30 – 14:00 / Lunch break
Afternoon Session
14:00 – 14:30 / NE Series
· NE series and the role of WATEC
(H. Forsström)
14:30 – 15:30 / Topical session on “Strategic directions for P&B for the period 2012-2013”
WTS Sc. Secretary: Irena Mele
· Vision 2020 and IAEA Mid-term Strategy
(Alan McDonald)
· Strategic considerations for RWM Programme for the next P&B cycle (Irena Mele)
15:30 – 16:00 / Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00 / Topical session on “Strategic directions for P&B for the period 2012-2013”
· Discussion and drafting of WATEC recommendations to the IAEA
Friday, 19 March 2010
Morning Session
09:00 – 11:00 / WATEC internal discussion on draft report to IAEA
· Discussion on WATEC’s draft report
· Adoption of WATEC recommendations to the IAEA
· Recommendations for Topical Sessions at the WATEC 2011 meeting / WATEC members
WATEC members
WATEC members
11:00 – 11:30 / Coffee break
11:30 – 12:30 / 12. Closing session
· Presentation of WATEC final report
· Closing / WATEC chairman
DIR-NEFW
14:00 – 14:30 / WATEC Chairman’s debriefing by DDG-NE