Regulating the long-term safety of geological disposal of radioactive waste
Subtitle: practical issues and challenges : workshop proceedings, Paris, France, 28-30 November 2006.
Contributors: OECD Nuclear Energy Agency.
Series: Radioactive waste management; Radioactive waste management (OECD Nuclear Energy Agency)
Publisher: Nuclear Energy Agency, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9789264048126
Subjects: Radioactive waste disposal in the ground -- Safety measures -- Congresses; Radioactive waste disposal in the ground -- Law and legislation -- Congresses; Radioactive waste disposal in the ground -- Government policy -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: Regulating the long-term safety of geological disposal of radioactive waste is a key part of making progress on the radioactive waste management issue. A survey of member countries has shown that differences exist both in the protection criteria being applied and in the methods for demonstrating compliance, reflecting historical and cultural differences between countries which in turn result in a diversity of decision-making approaches and frameworks. This conference proceedings presents discussions focused on diversity in regulatory processes; the basis and tools for assuring long-term protection; ethical responsibilities of one generation to later generations and how these can be discharged; and adapting regulatory processes to the long time frames involved in implementing geological disposal. These proceedings include a summary of the viewpoints expressed as well as the 22 papers presented at the workshop.--Publisher's description.
Notes: "NEA  No. 6423."

Includes bibliographical references.

Available both in print and online.
Table of contents: title: Synthesis of expressed viewpoints; title: Summary of papers and written reports . Setting the scene; title: The challenge for regulatory policy and decision making; title: Connecting high-level principles and objectives with practical compliance criteria; title: Way forward; title: Final findings and road map for future actions.