The IGD-TP RD&D cooperation in Europe

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September 10, 2013, Ispra, Italy
Jacques Delay, Secretary General
Implementing Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste Technology Platform
Jacques Delay 2013/09/10, Ispra, Italy Page 2 JRC 2013
Implementing Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste - Technology Platform
What is IGD-TP?
In 2009, several European waste management organizations have established a technology platform to accelerate the implementation of deep geological disposal of radioactive waste in Europe.
A technology platform called Implementing Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste (IGD-TP) was launched in November 2009. The aims of IGD-TP is to:
• reduce overlapping work,
• to produce savings in total costs of research and implementation, and
• to make better use of existing competence and research infrastructures.
According to our organisation ToR, our platform is industry-led to ensure the implementation of the RD&D results. Thus, the members of the EG shall be organisations either being responsible for implementing a nuclear waste management programme or being formally responsible for RD&D programme needed for implementation
Strategic Documentation
Our vision and our commitment
Our commitment is to:
build confidence in the safety of geological disposal solutions among
European citizens and decision-makers
encourage the establishment of waste management programmes that
integrate geological disposal as the accepted option for the safe long-
term management of long-lived and/or high-level waste
facilitate access to expertise and technology and maintain
competences in the field of geological disposal for the benefit of Member States
Why a geological disposal?
Internationally recommended solution as the end point of radioactive waste management
Potential risk linked with high-level and/or long-lived radioactive waste (incl. spent nuclear fuels when declared as waste) during several hundreds thousand years. Only a “passive” system can ensure safety for such a long period
“passive”: without the need for human intervention to guarantee long-
term safety (but without precluding the possibility of such intervention
during a certain period of time)
suitable (stable, …) geological formation at depth, combined with man-
made barriers
Geological disposals under construction
IGD-TP Participants
From EU countries + NWMO + RWMC …
100 participants committed by the vision
Executive group members
Deployment of activities – SRA Key Topics
Safety case
Technical feasibility and long-term performance of repository
components
Monitoring
Dialogue with regulators,
memory keeping),
supporting information exchange.
JA Joint Activity EU Project 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 On-going Activity
JA1 Waste forms and their behaviour
First-Nuclides Start date 2012- 01-01 Duration
36 months
36 months
Duration 42 months
CAST Project
Generation & migration of C14 species (to be submitted in Nov.
2012)
Status of the Joint Activities (1/3)
Status of the Joint Activities (2/3)
JA Joint Activity EU Project 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 On-going Activity
JA6
interactions
Duration 48 months
Design of the overall system of engineered barriers (EBS) (incl.
sealing/backfilling) and the
Duration 54 months
Activity will start after the completion of the MoDeRn project
JA8 Safety Case Peer
JA10
crystalline environments
Concrete project?
Status of the Joint Activities (3/3) JA Joint Activity EU Project 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 On-going Activity
JA11
project in preparation
JA14
Competence,
Maintenance,
in 2012
Underground research laboratories in the world
Purpose of URLs
Disposal system design • Rock mass properties
• Waste containers
• Engineered barriers
• Verify characteristics
• Evaluate performance
Evaluation of safety • Develop tools to carry out safety analysis
Activities at URLs
Testing • Characterization methods
• Characterization, testing
• Waste emplacement/retrieval
• Repository closure
Technology demonstration
Types of URLs
Generic URLs
• Developed for research and testing purposes at a site that will not
be used for waste disposal
• Provide information that may support disposal elsewhere
Site-specific URLs
• Developed at a location considered as a potential site for waste
disposal
• May be a precursor to the development of a repository at the site
Pilot Plants
Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory (Sweden)
Full-scale research and development in preparation for construction of a final repository for spent nuclear fuel
Extensive international participation
• 1986-1990 – Site characterization
• 1990 – Construction begins
Mont Terri Rock Laboratory (Switzerland)
•Support for Project Opalinus Clay
•Project timeline
proposed
initiated
How it works? Example Plug and Seal
From the call to the project
Dopas Project: Includes 4 full scale tests: Andra Full Scale Seal (FSS) Rawra Experimental Pressure Plug (EPP) SKB Deposition tunnel plug demonstration
(DOMPLU) Posiva Deposition tunnel plug demonstration
(POPLU)
Partners
WP vs Experiments
Achievements to date
IGD-TP major achievements to date
In line with the SRA Key topics and DP
• 12 of 16 Joint Activities already launched
• 7 EU project launched or to be launched
Way forward
• One or two EU projects to be launched per year
• 4 JA to be launched before 2016
• Involvement of a broader range of stakeholders
• New ways of working together to be studied
• Stimulating new ideas that could complement the SRA
SecIGD2 - Specific Actions towards less advanced programmes
The SecIGD2 has a specific work package to help network, structure and develop RD&D competences in countries with less advanced geological disposal programmes.
The SecIGD2 supports the development and coordination of needed competences to meet the Vision 2025 as a part of the platform's Competence maintenance, Education and Training working group.
SecIGD2 WP2
Support for networking, structuring and developing RD&D competences in countries with less advanced geological disposal programmes This work package led by the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
(NDA) aims at Providing specific support to a Working Group (WG) in charge of networking, structuring and developing RD&D competences in countries with less advanced geological disposal programmes
This work package will support the organisation for two international conferences for disseminating the public scientific and technical information and results derived from the IGD-TP's Joint Activities and from other RD&D efforts in the field of geological disposal.
Experience collected from international and bilateral cooperation will be used to develop the methods to ensure effective resource utilisation in the knowledge transfer States.
SecIGD2- WP3 CMET
Support for the development, implementation and coordination of Competence Maintenance, Education and Training (CMET) activities in geological disposal in Europe.
The IGD-TP's SRA 2011 identified the current knowledge specific to geological
disposal in the field of CMET, where the community is fairly small compared with the rest of the nuclear sector.
In geological disposal a very broad range of qualifications, competence and expertise are required for a wide range of scientific and technical disciplines and humanities, including economics, communication, and competence development.
Simultaneously, the RTD community in geological disposal competes with a large variety of industries and research institutes to attract suitably qualified personnel
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