Significant progress has been achieved in recent years in terms of addressing the legacies from the early development of nuclear energy, including the decommissioning of redundant research and fuel cycle facilities, research reactors and power plants, and the remediation of sites affected by past uranium mining and processing operations. Some countries are moving forward with dealing with these legacies, and accordingly have built up appropriate technical resources and expertise, but many national programmes still face very significant challenges. However some factors constraining progress in addressing legacies from the past remain.There is for that reason a need to better understand the global situation and to analyse the barriers impeding the implementation of decommissioning and environmental remediation programmes, with the aim of outlining actions that may improve current situations where progress is impaired. The IAEA 'CIDER' project was launched in March 2013 in support of these objectives and with the support of other international organisations, particularly the European Commission and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The present document aims to support the development of adequate policies in IAEA Member States for decommissioning and environmental remediation, addressing in essence the following three fundamental questions: - What are the motivations for implementing decommissioning and environmental remediation? - What are the main constraints hindering progress of decommissioning and environmental remediation programmes? - What are the solutions for overcoming these constraints, taking account of experience from programmes under implementation? This document, prepared in close collaboration with the IAEA, makes concise yet comprehensive proposals in answer to those questions, drawn from the results of a global survey performed in advance of the CIDER project and on the more extensive analysis provided in the CIDER project report, which was elaborated by expert groups from IAEA Member States.
KOCKEROLS Pierre;
MARTIN RAMOS Manuel;
SCHNEIDER Hans;
O' SULLIVAN Patrick;
MONKEN FERNANDES Horst;
2016-06-03
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC101139
978-92-79-58035-2 (print),
978-92-79-58036-9,
1018-5593 (print),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 27902,
OP KJ-NA-27902-EN-C (print),
OP KJ-NA-27902-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC101139,
10.2760/296741 (print),
10.2760/22801 (online),
