Towards Increased Coordination of R&D Activities for Decommissioning

Christine Georges, CEA , France

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• Various dismantling techniques at the level of industrial maturity

• But still specific challenges ahead regarding safety, environmental impacts, efficiency and cost-effectiveness for: In situ and waste investigations and

characterization before, during and after dismantling

Decontamination and site release Segmentation and handling , IT tools for simulation of scenarios and data

management, waste management in an holistic approach

(treatment, conditioning and packaging, before disposal).

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Context of “SHARE” / 1: Still needs for R&D in D&ER

On one hand: • Increasing difficulties for Individual countries to justify expenditures on new developments •Reluctance to use innovative technologies and search for approved technologies to

minimize risks On the other hand: • Significant redundancy in current R&D programmes for Decommissioning in different

countries • Lot of exchanges between operators through IAEA/OCDE or bilateral collaboration

agreement but very few projects in common in D&ER before 2017

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Incentives to SHARE initiative: • Public research should provide solutions to D&ER challenges • Promotion and organization at multinational level of the co-

financing of R&D developments in Decommissioning by actors with common objectives is a Necessity

Context of “SHARE” / 2: More impulse needed to use results of R&D

Implementation of « SHARE » Initiative – Scope & expected impact

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Working group within IAEA International Decommissioning Network (IDN) created in November 2016 as an output of Madrid conference

Scope: To strengthen networking and complementarity between national research programmes for decommissioning: Promotion for greater coordination of research Identification of R&I needs Identification of innovative techniques and methods where there is a clear benefit from multiparty implementation Proposal of possible funding schemes for collaborative projects addressing those needs and development of a framework for coordination of the implementation of selected projects

Decision to propose a project under EURATOM Research and Training Programme Horizon 2020 as an Initial step: 2 years Coordination and Support Action (CSA)

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Implementation of « share » initiative – Proposal to Euratom H2020

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Stakeholders to be defined (e.g. national Technical Support Organizations, representatives of different types of facilities requiring decommissioning, etc. ) Questionnaires to stakeholders and seminars to be defined Preparatory work Support to future coordination of R&I

efforts: Benchmarking on financial and organizational models

Expected Impact: • A roadmap for decommissioning research providing

guidance to stakeholders on the steps needed during the next 10-15 years in the following fields: Characterization Decontamination & Remediation Dismantling techniques Advanced information technologies Waste treatment, conditioning and packaging

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Schedule – zoom 2017/2018

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First Draft *

Meetings * * * *

Designation of

WP leaders Choice of PMO * List of partners

Call WP2018

dead line for

submission

WP2018

Implementation

SHARE

future RTD call

for R&D

Implementation

of cofinanced

R&D

2021 20212017 2018 2019 2020

Interested parties

• Main Partners (i.e. future consortium members) and advisory commitee • Cooperation with non-EU countries seen as a potential promising path for the exploitation of

advanced technological capabilities • International organizations (IAEA , OECD ) providing technical support

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Sources and links

When writing the proposal, as imputs from past initiatives and in the future as partners:

• JOPRAD JP-RWM,

• OECD WPDD, CPD, NI2050,

• (WIKI, etc.), Environet, IPN, etc.

• EC (DB Tool, TND, CND, various platforms…)

• Outputs from conferences and workshops

• Websites (e.g: IRID, etc.)

• etc.

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Way Forwards

• Call EU H2020 WP2018 expected October 2017

• List of partners to be fixed by end of 2017 and list of advisory committee by March 2018

• All entities involved in R&I for D&ER are welcome and, at least will be contacted as stakeholders

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• 5 previous editions : 1992, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013

• In 2013: 115 oral papers, 355 participants from 22 countries

• Up to now : 160 papers registered for DEM2018

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• Dismantling Strategy and Program Development

• Regulation Evolution

• Initial Radiological State Characterization

• Project Feedback Experience

• Material and Radioactive Waste Management

• Buildings and Sites Rehabilitation

• Economic and Financial Aspects

• Stakeholders Involvements and Public Acceptance

• Development of New D&Ds' Technologies

• Digital Contribution to Dismantling Operations

• Fukushima: feedback and operation in progress

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Thanks for your attention. Hope to see you in Avignon next year !