scholarly journals Knowledge Management in EURAD: the Roadmap

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 243-244
Author(s):  
Tara Beattie ◽  
Paul Carbol ◽  
Bernd Grambow ◽  
Tobias Knuuti ◽  
Louise Théodon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Radioactive Waste ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Primary User ◽  
Initiation Site ◽  
Radioactive Waste Management ◽  
Geological Disposal ◽  
Training Tool ◽  
Deep Geological Disposal

Abstract. Knowledge management (KM) is a core activity of the European Joint Programme on Radioactive Waste Management (EURAD), which has driven the development of the EURAD Roadmap, a roadmap for the implementation of radioactive waste management (RWM) leading to geological disposal, using the experiences of advanced national and EU programmes. Because these programmes have been developed over more than 40 years and have adopted different technical and strategic approaches to deep geological repository (DGR) development, the roadmap has been structured to capture largely generic best practice in its presentation of programme Phasing and Thematic goals breakdown structure: 5 Phases of Implementation: Initiation, Site Selection, Site Characterization, Construction, and Operations and Closure. For each phase the roadmap explains how activities and existing knowledge are used to fulfil generic safety and implementation goals common across RWM programmes. 7 themes: Programme Management, Predisposal, Engineered Barrier Systems, Geoscience, Design and Optimisation, Siting and Licensing, and Safety Case. Each theme is further elaborated into sub-themes and domains. The intention of the EURAD roadmap is to provide information and guidance to three primary user groups: Organisations that are developing or updating their national RWM programmes with the objective of moving towards deep geological disposal of some of their wastes and requiring information on the steps involved; Organisations with advanced RWM and DGR programmes that require an informative training tool for new staff and a means of propagating knowledge across the groups involved in diverse activities; All organisations concerned with identifying potential future gaps in capabilities that could hinder implementation of their DGR programmes in decades to come. We recognize that there is not a unique route through the roadmap – like any roadmap, it can be used to stimulate consideration of alternative options and can be adapted by each Member State to suit national priorities. Because of its generic nature, the EURAD roadmap will be populated with content that is common to all programmes, creating a basis and strategy for a long-term project of Knowledge Management and Networking in RWM. The current focus is on signposting to existing content and the generation of new content to fill identified gaps for State of Knowledge, State of the Art, Guidance, Training and active Networks or Communities of Practice.

scholarly journals The European Joint Programme on Radioactive Waste Management EURAD: update of its strategic research agenda

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 235-236
Author(s):  
Dirk Bosbach ◽  
Crina Bucur ◽  
Christophe Bruggeman
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Radioactive Waste ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Radioactive Waste Management ◽  
Scientific Excellence ◽  
Geological Disposal ◽  
Strategic Research ◽  
Deep Geological Disposal ◽  
Update Process

Abstract. The European Joint Programme on Radioactive Waste Management EURAD brings together various research actors, namely waste management organisations (WMO), technical support organisations (TSO) and research entities (RE), to work on a joint strategic research agenda (SRA) focusing on deep geological disposal of radioactive waste. In total, 116 project partners from 23 countries have worked jointly since 2019 in collaborative RD&D work packages, strategic studies and various knowledge management activities. EURAD research is driven by the need for implementation of a deep geological repository and its safety, while aiming for scientific excellence. EURAD has developed a roadmap which is seen as a representation of a generic radioactive waste management (RWM) programme. The content is focused on what knowledge and competencies (including infrastructures) are considered most critical for RWM and implementation of deep geological disposal, in alignment with the EURAD vision. Here, the current SRA update process will be outlined from the perspective of Europe's research entities contributing to EURAD. In this context, the international network of research entities EURADSCIENCE plays a key role. EURADSCIENCE addresses – and will address during decades to come – scientific excellence in (the full lifecycle of) radioactive waste management from cradle to grave. As an independent, cross-disciplinary and inclusive organization, its overarching aim is to ensure scientific excellence and credibility in decision-making on RWM, regardless of national implementation status, waste type or national inventory. To this end, EURADSCIENCE will define and update its own SRA. The approach here is to maintain a holistic view of scientific disciplines and provide scientific excellence to advance progress of national radioactive waste management programmes, and to ensure scientific credibility of waste management concepts as well as addressing fundamental requirements related to knowledge management. More generally speaking, EURADSCIENCE aims to bring forward a vision that assures that scientific excellence and ever-developing scientific advances are integrated at any given time into the multigenerational implementation process of geological disposal. Similarly, the respective WMO and TSO networks, IGD-TP and SITEX, have developed their SRAs based on their specific roles and perspectives. Ultimately, the overlap between these SRAs will define the envelope for future European RD&D activities in the context of RWM. The update process has recently been consolidated after consultations between the three actor groups. Ultimately, the EURAD general assembly will have to approve the SRA update process regarding its alignment with the EURAD roadmap, the development of the seven existing SRA themes, the development of future RD&D activities via an EURAD exchange forum and the focus of RD&D planning for the next 10 years.

Overview of the JAEA Knowledge Management System Supporting Implementation and Regulation of Geological Disposal in Japan

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Umeki ◽  
Kazumasa Hioki ◽  
Hiroyasu Takase ◽  
Ian McKinley
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Radioactive Waste ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Knowledge Management System ◽  
Radioactive Waste Management ◽  
Energy Agency ◽  
Geological Disposal ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Site Characterisation

The exponential growth in the knowledge base for radioactive waste management is a cause for concern in many national programmes. In Japan, this problem is exacerbated by a volunteering approach to siting of a deep geological repository, which requires particular flexibility in the tailoring of site characterisation plans, repository concepts and associated performance assessments. Recognition of this situation led, in 2005, to initiation by Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) of an ambitious project to develop an advanced Knowledge Management System (KMS) aimed to facilitate its role as the supplier of background R&D support to both regulators and implementers of geological disposal. This overview outlines the boundary conditions and milestones for the Japanese radioactive waste management programmes, the roles of key organisations and the particular responsibilities of JAEA that led to definition of the goals of the KMS.

Regulatory Research for Geological Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste in Japan

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shinichi Nakayama ◽  
Yoshio Watanabe ◽  
Masami Kato
Keyword(s):  
Radioactive Waste ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Industrial Safety ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Radioactive Waste Management ◽  
Geological Disposal ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Research Institutes ◽  
Research Plan

The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (NISA) has renewed its regulatory role and its need for regulatory research on radioactive waste management, with recent circumstances of radioactive waste management in Japan being taken into consideration. In response, a technical supporting organization, the Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization (JNES), in 2009 released the five-year research plan “Regulatory Research Plan on Radioactive Waste Management 2010–2014”, in cooperation with the research institutes of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). The geological disposal research plan and the future research activities are outlined in this paper. JNES launched safety studies on geological disposal in 2003, the year it was established. JAEA and AIST joined as regulatory support research institutes in 2005. In October 2007, all three parties signed an agreement of cooperative study on geological disposal, which facilitated joint studies and exchanges of staff, data, and results. One of the ongoing joint studies has focused on regional-scale hydrogeological modeling using JAEA’s Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory.

scholarly journals Knowledge management for radioactive waste management organisations

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 157 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Gowin ◽  
J. Kinker ◽  
A. Kosilov ◽  
I. Upshall ◽  
Y. Yanev
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Radioactive Waste ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Radioactive Waste Management

The strategy and practice of radioactive waste management and their geological disposal

2015 ◽  
pp. 6-10
Author(s):  
A. V. Putilov ◽  
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A. G. Vorobiev ◽  
M. V. Bugaenko ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Radioactive Waste ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Radioactive Waste Management ◽  
Geological Disposal

Exploiting Synergies Between the UK and Japanese Geological Disposal Programmes

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellie Scourse ◽  
Hideki Kawamura ◽  
Ian G. McKinley
Keyword(s):  
Radioactive Waste ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Geological Disposal ◽  
Nuclear Decommissioning ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Deep Geological Disposal ◽  
Safety Assessments ◽  
Site Characterisation ◽  
The Uk ◽  
High Level

The early ’80s UK programme for deep geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste was advanced and at the stage of characterising potential sites. When this project was put on hold in the mid ’80s, much expertise in this field was lost. In Japan R&D in the ’80s resulted in major generic safety assessments to demonstrate feasibility in the ’90s. This led to the establishment of NUMO (Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan) and the initiation of siting based on volunteerism. This novel approach required more flexible methodology and tools for site characterisation, repository design and safety assessment. NUMO and supporting R&D organisations in Japan have invested much time and effort preparing for volunteers but, unfortunately, no discussions with potential host communities have yet developed to the point where technical work is initiated. Presently, the UK is moving forward; with the NDA RWMD (Nuclear Decommissioning Agency Radioactive Waste Management Directorate) adopting a NUMO-style volunteering approach and a flexible design catalogue. Communities have already shown interest in volunteering. The situation is thus ideal for collaboration. The paper will expand on the opportunities for the UK and Japan to benefit from an active collaboration and discuss how this can be most efficiently implemented.

Radioactive Waste Management: The Relation Between Geological Disposal and Advanced Nuclear Technologies

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jantine Schröder
Keyword(s):  
Radioactive Waste ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Radioactive Waste Management ◽  
Geological Disposal ◽  
Technical Point ◽  
Constructive Dialogue ◽  
Problems And Solutions ◽  
The Common ◽  
Research Questions

Throughout this paper we aim to scope the most pregnant themes, issues and research questions concerning the relation between geological disposal and advanced nuclear technologies in the broad context of radioactive waste management. Especially from a socio-technical point of view the mutual impacts, divergences and complementarities between both strategies seem to have received limited dedicated examination up until today. Specific attention is paid to the main arguments that seem to underpin both research streams, related to how the issue of radioactive waste is contextualized and which problems and solutions are consequently identified and proposed. Ultimately we aim to encourage scientifically integer communication and constructive dialogue between both fields, to investigate the common possibilities of enhancing radioactive waste management as a whole.

scholarly journals Integrating societal concerns into research and development (R&D) on geological disposal at the national level

2015 ◽  
Vol 79 (6) ◽  
pp. 1563-1571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meritxell Martell ◽  
Kris Van Berendoncks
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Radioactive Waste ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
National Level ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Radioactive Waste Management ◽  
Geological Disposal ◽  
The Way

AbstractThe European InSOTEC project aims to identify remaining socio-technical challenges for the implementation of geological disposal of radioactive waste in European countries. Geological disposal has been recognized as the reference solution in radioactive waste management by the European Commission, which has set up the IGD-TP as a platform to foster exchanges between authorities on research and development (R&D) on this topic. This paper turns to the national level to analyse national R&D programmes on radioactive waste management (RWM) and particularly, geological disposal (GD) in order to assess to what extent there are national platforms that broaden interaction beyond an expert community. For this, we focus on identifying those practices and structures that reflect a degree of inter- and transdisciplinarity in the design and implementation of national R&D programmes. Our argument, embedded in the Science and Technology Studies (STS) literature, is that the way GD is framed by the research and policy community has important implications for the processes of developing and governing a technology. From our empirical case studies, we will explore the extent to which social-science research is integrated and the way stakeholders may have an impact on the development of R&D programmes. Overall, including social science research as an integral part in R&D programmes on GD and fostering collaboration between different types of knowledge in the R&D agenda-setting phase may help in the consideration of GD as a socio-technical problem, where the social and the technical are inextricably linked.

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