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European

Decommissioning

Academy

Vladimír Slugeň

Institute of Nuclear and Physical Engineering

Slovak University of Technology

Vladimir.Slugen@stuba.sk

Challenges for nuclear power

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New builts of NPPs GenIV …

Effective decommissioning and RW management

Safe and reliable operation of NPPs

Generation III+

Generation IVActual reactors

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Rate of construction : 2,000 MW/year

Expected development in nuclear technologies

Prolongation of lifetieme of existing nuclear reactors Construction of new reactors in frame of Gen. III and IV.

Existing reactors according WNA Website (2013)

Reactors under construction in European Union

•Olkiluoto 3 (Finland)

•Flamanville 3 (France)

•Mochovce 3&4 (Slovakia)

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Reactor Park in Western and Central Europe

Only about 10% of all shut down plants have

been fully decommissioned, the rest being at

different stages of “safely enclosed”,

“dismantling” and “decommissioning”.

This growing decommissioning market

creates a potential for new activities, with

highly skilled jobs in an innovative field.

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Workforce Model Operations

Having in mind the actual

EHRO-N reports from 2013 and

2014 focused on operation of

nuclear facilities and an

assumption that the ratio

between nuclear experts,

nuclearized and nuclear aware

people is comparable also for

decommissioning, as well as the

fact that the special study branch

for decommissioning in the

European countries almost does

not exist, this European

Decommissioning Academy

(EDA)

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CEDOD (2014-2016)

Centre for design, operation

and decommissioning of

nuclear facilities at

INPE STUBA

2014-2015 Accredited study at Bc., MSc. and PhD. level in Nuclear and

Physical Engineering.

- done 2014, accreditation valid since 09/2015

(reason – escape from general power engineering scheme)

2014-2019 Preparation and performance of post-gradual training

courses for Slovak or international institutions in operation or

decommissioning of nuclear facilities

2015 – Preparation and performance of European Decommissioning

Academy (collaboration with IAEA and EC)

- done EDA starts at 7. June 2015

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Conclusions from International

conference ECED (Eastern and

Central European Decommissioning)

18. – 21. 6. 2013 in Trnava, Slovakia

Organised by Slovak Nuclear Society (SNUS)

About 200 participants from 16 countries

Slovakia has experiences from design, operation and

DECOMMISSIONING from shut-down NPPs

i) after accident NPP A1 (Gas cooled heavy water reactor)

ii) before projected lifetime (2x VVER-440 units V1)

Both in locality Bohunice (Slovakia).

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Conclusions from

ECED conference

Education, training and proper knowledge management

has some specific features for decommissioning.

Based on our running training courses at the Slovak

University of Technology, we would like to create the

European Academy for Decommissioning in collaboration

with EC and IAEA.

We recommend preparing lessons, practical exercises as

well as on-side training at the NPP V-1 in Jaslovske

Bohunice in English.

We can be somebody – only

if we can dream

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EDA 7.6.-26.6.2015,

Bratislava, Slovakia at

http://kome.snus.sk/inpe/.

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Scope of EDA

Decommissioning according to IAEA and EC directives,

Nuclear safety, Radiation safety and protection in decommissioning

(Special laboratory exercises),

Decommissiong cost calculation and project management,

Decommissioning planning and licensing

Legislative requirements for decommissioning,

Transition period, management of decommissioning projects

NPP decommissioning and RW treatment experiences, Management of

materials from decommissioning

Contamination and decontamination technologies (On-site training),

Strategy of back-end part of nuclear energy,

Storage of RW and deep repositories.

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Technical tours

NAGRA Grimsel Test Site in Swiss, Mont Terri

Underground Rock Laboratory, Swiss Federal Nuclear

Safety Inspectorate ENSI and to ZWILAG in Würenlingen

Technical tour to European facilities, Italy, JRC Ispra

Technical tour to IAEA facilities, Vienna, Seibersdorf,

Austria

On-site training in Bohunice site – NPP V1

On-site training in National Radioactive Waste Repository

in Mochovce

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Organisation of EDA

http://www.ujfi.fei.stuba.sk/

Education, training and proper knowledge

management has to be skills oriented –

therefore we accent:

- on site training,

- technical tours,

- laboratory exercises,

- case studies,

- best practices exchange

EDA quality depends on quality of teachers.

Actually we address best experts from Europe to participate

Actual status

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15 participants from

- Swiss,

- Czech Republic,

- Georgia,

- Usbekistan,

- Moldovia,

- Romania

- Slovakia

Last look before start…

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