The International Safety Regime for Decommissioning and Remediation after a Nuclear Accident

129 Pages·2013·9.73 MB·English

International Experts’ Meeting on Decommissioning and
Remediation after a Nuclear Accident
Organized in connection with the implementation of the IAEA Action Plan on Nuclear Safety
IAEA, Vienna International Center, Vienna, Austria, January 28th - February 1st, 2013
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Framing this Presentation
Understanding 1
The main purpose of this meeting is to deal with the
relevant radiation protection and safety framework for
tackling the huge challenges presented by the
decommissioning of facilities and remediation of
habitats after an accident…
….rather than resolving the technological problems.
Framing this Presentation
Understanding 2
The meeting is framed under an IAEA safety ‘action
plan’, namely under the relevant statutory safety
responsibilities of the IAEA –which are:
(cid:3) Establishing standards for the protection of health,
(including those for labour conditions).
(cid:3) Providing for their application
(cid:3) Facilitating compliance with legally binding obligations
Framing this Presentation
Understanding 3
The meeting was not convened for dealing with the
serious problems of decommissioning and
remediation linked to nuclear weapons.
This important issue will not be covered in the
presentation but we would like to suggest that the
IAEA may consider to convene an ad hoc meeting on
this subject.
Content
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The international system
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New Recommendations
UNSCEAR is responsible for the epistemology
(i.e., for the scientific basis and its limitations)
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The International Commission on Radiological
Protection is responsible for the paradigm
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