RADIATION PROTECTION ›› 2019, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (4): 314-321.

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Overview of OECD/NEA activities on radioactivewaste management and decommissioning

LI Jinfeng1,2, CHEN Ling1   

  1. 1.Department of Radiation Safety, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413;
    2. Division of RadioactiveWaste Management and Decommissioning, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Boulogne-Billancourt 92100, France
  • Received:2018-11-13 Online:2019-07-15 Published:2019-10-29

Abstract: The Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development/Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD/NEA) assists its member countries in developing strategic long-term management of all types of radioactive waste including spent nuclear fuel. Its work focuses on the cutting-edge research in the areas of regulations, safety case, interaction with stakeholders, characterization methodology on unconventional and legacy wastes, as well as technologies and cost estimation for the decommissioning of nuclear installations. China has become the country with the most nuclear power units being built. It faces many challenges in technologies, stakeholder communication and cost optimization in radioactive waste management and decommissioning. China could benefit from collaboration with the NEA to achieve the safe treatment and disposal of radioactive waste and to promote the national strategy of “going abroad” within the nuclear industry.

Key words: OECD/NEA, radioactive waste management, decommissioning, regulations, safety case, stakeholder

CLC Number: 

  • TL94