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investigated. The framework in which PA studies are presented will be analysed and conclusions for future safety cases produced. Increasing confidence and acceptance The comprehensive set of arguments and analyses that are represented in a safety case are needed to justify the geological disposal of long-lived radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel as a safe and reliable solution for nuclear waste. Notable differences in methodologies used to set up safety cases exist in the European Member States. This is due to country-specific regulation as well as to different geological boundary conditions and technical frameworks. The differences range from terminology over accounted features and processes to methodological assessment approaches and the codes and models that are used. Although PAMINA does not plan to develop national and nternational standards, the outcomes of the project aim to promote a common understanding of the techniques and methods for performance assessment and the development of a safety case. These results will be of direct relevance to radioactive waste management programmes. The results can be exploited on a national level by both waste management organisations and regulators alike. A more harmonized strategy towards performance assessment methods and safety case development may lead to a higher confidence in the approaches by the public and therefore can foster greater public acceptance. MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE Geological disposal I N F O R M A T I O N Coordinator J. Mönig Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) mbH Theodor-Heuss-Str.4 D-38122 Braunschweig www.ip-pamina.eu Project details Project type: Integrated Project Project start date: 01/10/2006 Duration: 36 months Total budget: EUR 7 617 169 EC contribution: EUR 3 998 533 EC Project Officer: Tom McMenamin European Commission Directorate-General for Research Unit J. 2 – Fission CDMA 1/58 B-1049 Brussels Tel. (32-2) 296 02 77 Fax (32-2) 295 49 91 Partners Empresa Nacional de Residuos Radioactivos S.A., ES Agence nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs, FR Commissariat à l’énergie atomique, FR Institut de radioprotection et de sûreté nucléaire, FR ONDRAF/NIRAS, BE Studiecentrum voor Kernenergie – Centre d'étude de l'énergie nucléaire, BE United Kingdom Nirex Limited, UK Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group, NL European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Energy, NL Nuclear Research Institute Řež plc., CZ Nationale Genossenschaft für die Lagerung radioaktiver Abfälle, CH Posiva Oy, FI Technical Research Centre of Finland, FI Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, DE DBE Technology GmbH, DE Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, DE Galson Sciences Limited, UK Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, FR Universidade da Coruña, ES Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, ES Enviros, ES Association Vinçotte Nucléaire/Associatie Vinçotte Nucleair, BE Facilia, SE Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate, SE Colenco Power Engineering Ltd, CH 31
32 SAPIERR-II STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF EUROPEAN REGIONAL REPOSITORIES: STAGE II A SHARED SOLUTION TO WASTE? SAPIERR-II builds on the feasibility studies produced in the previous SAPIERR-II project to develop practical implementation strategies and organisational structures for regional waste repositories in Europe. These will enable a formalised, structured European Development Organisation (EDO) to be established in 2008 or soon afterwards to work on shared EU radioactive waste storage and disposal activities. This EDO can work in parallel with national waste programmes. Participating EU Member States will be able to use the structures developed as, when and if needed for the furtherance of their individual national policies. Consensus on the way forward This project promotes and supports the networking and coordination of activities on shared EU radioactive waste storage and disposal by developing options for organisational frameworks and project plans that could lead to the establishment of a European Development Organisation (EDO). To clarify issues related to the structure and future programme of the potential EDO, a series of specific studies will be carried out on organisational structures, legal liabilities, economics, safety and security and public and political acceptability. The options distilled from these studies will be presented and discussed at a workshop for interested countries and organisations to identify potential end-users and to achieve consensus on a preferred way forward: the first steps of implementation or a further programme of preparatory work. The formal partners in the SAPIERR-II project are ARAO of Slovenia, Arius of Switzerland, COVRA of the Netherlands, Decom of Slovakia, ENEA of Italy, Enviros of Spain, RATA of Lithuania and SAM of the UK, but organisations from other European countries have been invited to participate in an associated working group. Through its partners and the Attendees at SAPIERR-II inaugural meeting in Switzerland invited organisations the project has access to national data and also to experienced European expert organisations. Studies on strategy, structure The main activities within the project include the preparation of a management study on the legal and business options for establishing an EDO. A study on the legal liability issues of international radioactive waste transfer within Europe will also be undertaken and the potential economic implications of European regional repositories evaluated. Initial considerations of the safety and security impacts of implementing regional repositories will be assessed and a survey of public and political attitudes towards regional repositories and of approaches to involving communities in decision making will be commissioned. All these activities will feed into the development of a strategy and project plan for the work of the EDO. The immediate tasks are agreeing a progressive, staged strategy that would lead in subsequent phases to the definition of potential host countries and eventually to potential repository sites. A parallel science and technology programme that could be addressed by the EDO after its initiation will also be defined. Options for the future © SAPIERR -I I By the end of this project, the SAPIERR-II shared storage and disposal concept will have been developed to a level where either future work could be handed over to the proposed multinational EDO, thus establishing a firm basis for progress, or the content and timing have been defined for further actions required before an EDO can be established. A third possible outcome is that the participants conclude that further efforts in this area are not productive at this time. EURATOM FP6 RESEARCH PROJECTS AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES Volume III
Page 1 and 2: PROJECT SYNOPSES Euratom FP6 Resear
Page 3 and 4: EUROPEAN COMMISSION Euratom FP6 Res
Page 5 and 6: CONTENTS Introduction 5 FP6 researc
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Page 9 and 10: 8 ❚ CARD - A CA assessing the fea
Page 11 and 12: 10 The funded projects described ar
Page 13 and 14: 12 Forward to FP7 The Seventh Eurat
Page 15 and 16: MARK S MANY ND ITALY SWEDEN CZECH R
Page 17 and 18: 18 ARGONA ARENAS FOR RISK GOVERNANC
Page 19 and 20: 20 CARD COORDINATION ACTION FOR THE
Page 21 and 22: 22 CATT COOPERATION AND TECHNOLOGY
Page 23 and 24: 24 CIP Over a number of European re
Page 25 and 26: 26 MICADO MODEL UNCERTAINTY FOR THE
Page 27 and 28: 28 OBRA EUROPEAN OBSERVATORY FOR LO
Page 29: 30 PAMINA The main objective of the
Page 33 and 34: 34 THERESA Nuclear power plants, wh
Page 35 and 36: 36 TIMODAZ The management of spent
Page 37 and 38: 38 CANDIDE COORDINATION ACTION ON N
Page 39 and 40: 40 EFNUDAT EUROPEAN FACILITIES FOR
Page 41 and 42: 42 LWR-DEPUTY The LWR-DEPUTY initia
Page 43 and 44: 44 NUDAME The NUDAME project is a t
Page 45 and 46: 46 PATEROS PARTITIONING AND TRANSMU
Page 47 and 48: 48 PuMA Sustainability is a key iss
Page 49 and 50: 50 VELLA The VELLA (Virtual Europea
Page 51 and 52: Quantification of risks associated
Page 53 and 54: second was aimed to check the feasi
Page 55 and 56: extreme overreaction to radiotherap
Page 57 and 58: Understanding individual response S
Page 59 and 60: ties and to study how these genes a
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Page 69 and 70: 72 ALISIA ASSESSMENT OF LIQUID SALT
Page 71 and 72: 74 EISOFAR The EISOFAR Specific Sup
Page 73 and 74: 76 ELSY The ELSY project aims to de
Page 75 and 76: 78 HPLWR Phase 2 Supercritical wate
Page 77 and 78: 80 ENEN-II EUROPEAN NUCLEAR EDUCATI
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84 MAGIC The MAGIC project is a two
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86 NULIFE The NULIFE Network of Ex
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88 MTR+I3 INTEGRATED INFRASTRUCTURE
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90 NICODEME TEST FACILITIES IN PRES
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92 PLINIUS FP6 This initiative offe
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94 SNF-TP SUSTAINABLE NUCLEAR FISSI
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96 Glossary The texts in this gloss
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98 Typical characteristics of high-
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Index of projects ALISIA 72 ANTIOXI
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