GEOSAF 2 – WG on operational Safety

Kristina Skagius Elert (Sweden)Gunnar Buckau (EC): chairman

Christophe Depaus (Belgium) : rapporteurThorsten Fass (Germany)

Awad Al-Zahrany (Saudi Arabia)

Objective 1: Review of the ToR (1/3) Rationale:

1. Mandate of the work group /scope• « protection » against what ? Only radiological ?

if yes, only RP during operationsif no, we have to take into account conventional safety (mining, tunnel, transport, fire, flooding, etc )

• Does the mandate to the work group also cover occupational safety beyond radiological protection ?

• Does the mandate to the work group also include governance related to operation and acceptance (communication, access to information, transparency, participative processes,…) ?

2. Which documentation to use in which phase of the project ? (IAEA guidances; International Nuclear Law; NEA guidances; EU directives; ENSREG; WENRA; International mining regulations; World Health Organisations, etc.)

If the scope is restricted only to « radiological protection », probably not worth the effort… but…

Is the broader scope commensurate with the scope of the IAEA?

Objective 1: Review of the ToR (2/3) Work packages & Methodology • Establish the reference for the gaps analysis

Start with SITEX outcome (original list + feedback) Check against (nuclear) national experiences ? Check against (other) national experiences ? (e.g. mining

industry, …) Check against operation delineated into individual activities

• Document existing guidances: restriction to IAEA for the first year

• Make recommendations for continuation (e.g. extended guidance documents basis, conducting gap analysis, etc.)

Objective 1: Review of the ToR (3/3)

Deliverables

• Reference list for gap analysis• Compilation of relevant IAEA documents

(including guidances,TECDOC,…+ justification of their relevance)

• Report on the way forward

Objective 2: Structure for the areas where guidance should be required (1/2)

• Use the SITEX list, complement and remove– e.g. site selection, LT passive safety, … (to

remove)– e. g. operational/construction procedures have to

delineated into different activities (to add)

Objective 2: Structure for the areas where guidance should be required (2/2)

EXAMPLE:

• Construction• Operation

* Investigations and feedback of information on operating experience* Operational limits and conditions* Modifications* Emergency preparedness and response* Maintenance, periodic testing and inspection* Occupational exposure* Public exposure* Receiving, handling and emplacement of waste*Backfilling;*Sealing;*Monitoring;*Surveillance;*Safeguards;Etc.

• Closure & Decommissioning

Objectives 3 &4: Provisional list of what is missing &Recommendations for IAEA

• Task of the work group

Objective 5: Practical Plan for the next 12 months

• See methodology