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RS&RWM
Newsletter No.15
December 2018
Issued & Edited by FNCA SecretariatRadiation Safety & Radioactive Waste Management Workshop 201817-19 October 2018, Sydney, Australia
The FNCA 2018 Workshop on Radiation Safety andRadioactive Waste Management (RS&RWM) was
held from 17th to 19th October 2018, at the Adina
Apartment Hotel and Australian Nuclear Scienceand Technology Organisation (ANSTO). The
workshop was jointly organised by the ANSTO andthe Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Scienceand Technology (MEXT) of Japan.

Following the opening session, Mr Wada gave apresentation on the FNCA Achievements in 2017and 2018 and introduced some nuclear training
programmes operated and funded by the Japanesegovernment. During the presentation, he mentionedthat the Australian team of the Research Reactor
Network project won the FNCA Best Research
Team Award 2017. Next, Mr Peter McGlinn, FNCA
Coordinator of Australia presented on theAustralia’s achievements in FNCA activities. In his
presentation, he introduced ANSTO’s facilities as
the landmark infrastructures of Australian Science,and some outcomes from the FNCA project led byAustralia. Finally, Prof Toshiso Kosako, ProjectLeader of Japan reported the overview of the project,in which he explained about the consolidated report
to be discussed during the workshop.

At Discovery Centre of ANSTO

Ms Pamela Naidoo-Ameglio, Group Executive
Nuclear Operations of ANSTO, and Mr Tomoaki
Wada, FNCA Coordinator of Japan delivered awelcoming speech. Ms Naidoo-Ameglio mentioned
the importance of the nuclear waste management inAustralia. Mr Wada welcomed all the participantsfrom FNCA member countries, and expressed his
deep gratitude to Mr Peter McGlinn, FNCA
Coordinator of Australia, who has made significantcontributions to FNCA for many years.

Right: Ms Pamela Naidoo-Ameglio, Group Executive
Nuclear Operations of ANSTO
Left: Mr Peter McGlinn, FNCA Coordinator ofAustralia

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After the introductory sessions, three participants
shared their experience on low-level radioactive
waste repository in their country. Dr Hyuncheol
Kim, KAERI, reported on the experience of LLRW
repository in the Republic of Korea. He introduced
their experience in Gyungju as a depository site, andtheir plans of the on-site measurement systemdesigned for decommissioning of NPP, which
includes preparation lab, separation lab and analysis
lab. Dr Norasalwa Binti Zakaria, Nuclear Malaysia
presented on their experience of borehole inMalaysia, in which she introduced the prospective
site, features of planned borehole, timelines of theproject, site selection procedures and safetyassessment. Mr Yevgeniy Tur, NNC of the Republicof Kazakhstan talked about their experience ofLLRW management in Kazakhstan. He focused on
the management of radioactive waste from uranium
mining and processing, petroleum refining, andnuclear explosion in the test site. Summary of eachpresentation can be found on the FNCA website.

chance to consult at schools as well as being
involved in the local activities in order to talk oranswer questions to get the trust from the public. Dr
Haruyuki Ogino, CRIEPI, shared both good practiceand bad practice on site selection that Japan wasgoing through after the Fukushima NPP accident.
After their presentations, everyone made a briefcomments on their own PA experiences. Summaryof each presentation and comments can be found on theFNCA website.

In the morning of 19 October, the Open Seminar
was held at the ANSTO. The seminar was attended
by around 50 participants. In the seminar, four
presentation was made by the experts from ANSTO:“Development of the National Radioactive Waste
Policy and National Radioactive Waste Framework”,“Design of the National Radioactive Waste Facility”,“Development of Waste Acceptance Criteria forRadioactive Waste Disposal” and “CommunityConsultation and Public Acceptance”. Following
those four reports, Prof Toshiso Kosako, Project
Leader of Japan wrapped up the workshop outcomesand some FNCA participants made a shortcomments on their country’s situation. After theOpen Seminar, the participants joined the technicaltour at ANSTO.

Upper Left: Dr Hyuncheol Kim
Upper Right: Dr Norasalwa
Zakaria
Lower Left: Mr Yevgeniy Tur

After the presentations, the participants were divided
into three groups and discussed on their draft for“Consolidated Report on Low-level Radioactive
Waste Repository”. The participants shared andpeer-reviewed each drought and got some clues for
how to improve their own report.
After the Consolidated Report session, twoparticipants presented on their experience of Public
Acceptance. Ms Nanthavan Ya-anant, TINT,reported that TINT researchers are trying to have

In front of the waste storage facility

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Workshop Participants Australia
Mr Duncan Kemp
Manager, Waste Management Services
Nuclear Operations
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology
Organisation (ANSTO)
Ms Lynn Tan
Project Transition Leader
Nuclear Operations
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology
Organisation (ANSTO)
Ms Pamela Naidoo-AmeglioGroup Executive. Nuclear Operations
Nuclear Operations
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology
Organisation (ANSTO)
Mr Peter McGlinn
Senior Adviser
International Affairs
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology
Organisation (ANSTO)
Ms Megan Tracey
International Liaison Officer
Office of the CEO
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology
Organisation (ANSTO)
Mr Steven McIntosh
Senior Manager
Government and International Affairs
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology
Organisation (ANSTO)
Mr Samir Sakar
Director, National Codes & Standards
Regulatory Services
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety
AgencyDr Kapila Fernando
Manager, Nuclear Waste Solutions
Nuclear Waste Solutions
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology
Organisation (ANSTO)Mr Hefin Griffiths
Head of Nuclear Services & Chief Nuclear Officer
Office of the CEO
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology
Organisation (ANSTO)
 BangladeshDr M. Moinul Islam
Chief Scientific Officer,
Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission
 China
Prof Hongxiang An
Division Head,
China Institute for Radiation Protection
 Indonesia
Mr Sucipta
Senior Researcher,
Center of Radioactive Waste Technology,
National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN)
 Japan
Mr Tomoaki WadaFNCA Coordinator of Japan
Ms Nao Yokoi
Unit Chief,
International Nuclear and Fusion Affairs Division,
Research and Development Bureau,
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology (MEXT)Prof Toshiso Kosako
Professor Emeritus,
The University of Tokyo
Mr Tatsuo Saito
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Sector of Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste
Management,
Radioactive Wastes Disposal Project Center,
Disposal Research and Development Office,Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)Dr Haruyuki Ogino
Research Scientist,
Radiation Safety Research Center,
Nuclear Technology Research Laboratory,
Central Research Institute of Electric Power
Industry (CRIEPI) Kazakhstan
Mr Yevgeniy Tur
Senior Engineer,
National Nuclear Center of the Republic ofKazakhstan

Radioactive Waste Management Center,
Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology (TINT)
 Vietnam
Dr Minh Quang Pham
Head of Department of Planning and R&D
Management,
Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute (VINATOM) FNCA Secretariat
Ms Ayako Tandia
International Affairs and Research Department,
Nuclear Safety Research Association (NSRA)*Detailed information and summaries of the workshop
can be found on the FNCA website.
(http://www.fnca.mext.go.jp/english/rwm/e_ws.html)

 Republic of Korea
Dr Hyuncheol Kim
Senior Researcher,
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI)
 Malaysia
Dr Norasalwa Binti Zakaria
Unit Manager,
Malaysian Nuclear Agency
 Mongolia
Ms Ariunsaikhan IshjamtsState Inspector on Nuclear and Radiation Safety,
General Agency for Specialized Inspection ofMongolia Philippines
Ms Kristine Marie Dacallo Romallosa
Officer-in-Charge,
Radiation Protection Services Section,
Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI)
 Thailand
Ms Nanthavan Ya-anantHead,Radioactive Waste Management Section,

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