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| Wednesday, 8 July
2009 9.30 a.m. – 6.00 p.m. |
Radioactive
waste and risk associated Sources of radioactive waste, waste types and classification; radiation health risks and effects of low doses; radiation protection in decommissioning, waste from medical activities, from nuclear fuel cycle, from decommissioning nuclear plants and arising from radioactive materials in the natural environment. |
| Thursday, 9 July
2009 9.30 a.m. – 6.00 p.m. |
Principles in waste management
Waste management policy and regulatory issues; ethical aspects and stakeholder engagement in RWM; different disposal approaches and disposal site characterization; the concept of surface and geological disposal. European Experiences Experience of waste management and disposal in France, Germany, Spain and Sweden; experience in the UK in developing national policy. |
| Friday, 10 July
2009 8.30 a.m. – 6.00 p.m. |
Practice in waste management
and research Modelling computation approaches and techniques of waste characterization; decommissioning and waste management programme of a research reactors centre; measuring of radioactivity in the environment; approaches to decommissioning in Germany and Spain. Visit to the JRC Decommissioning project |
