Christophe Serres – coordinator ( )

Sustainable Network of Independent Technical Expertise for Radioactive Waste Disposal

The context

▌Topic: Fission-2011-1.1.2: Support for regulatory functions in the area of geological disposal - coordinating action limited to regulatory authorities and/or duly appointed TSOs

action should address the specific needs of regulatory authorities, such as how to assimilate results from [latest] research, harmonisation of applicable criteria and guidance…,

how regulators can interact in a more structured way with implementers in order to better define regulatory requirements

means of facilitating a more efficient interaction with IGD-TP the platform's activities and at the same time maintaining regulatory independence from the platform's principal vision

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Objectives

To set the conditions and necessary means for creating and performing at national level scientific/technical activities in support to regulatory decision of creation of a geological disposal

• Generic terminology : Expertise function• Focused on regulatory safety case review

To establish the framework for developing interactions at European level (and possibly international level) of such activities ensuring a sustainable capability to share experience and develop where needed coordinated/harmonised approaches in the field of radwaste management safety review of safety case• Terms of reference of a possible network at international level

2 year Coordinated Action 2012– 2013; http://sitexproject.eu/

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Compliance

demonstration

Regulatory

expectations

Technical

dialogue

Regulatoryfunction

Expertisefunction

Implementingfunction

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Regulatory expectations

& needs

Support forregulatory

decision

Technical dialogue

Dialogue

Societyfunction

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Regulatory body and its supporting organizations

SITEX: the expertise function and its interactions

Definition of expertise function

activities carried out in the context of the regulatory review of Safety Case in order to provide the technical and scientific basis of safety for

Decisions by the national regulatory body

Ensuring that regulatory expectations are clearly communicated to and interpreted by the implementer

Improving the quality of the interactions with Civil Society (CS) in the decision making process (DMP) in order to contribute to build a robust review of the Safety Case

Definition of expertise function

These activities can be assigned to experts inside or outside the regulatory body and include

Conducting safety review and developing the capacities to understand and assess the Safety Case

Contributing to inspections

Implementing R&D in safety

Interacting with CS along the review process and developing appropriate governance patterns to conduct this interaction

Key conditions

Competence

Transparency

Impartiality

Independence

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IGD TP

External ExpertAdvisory Board

IAEAUniv Clausthal

USEPASTUK

External ExpertAdvisory Board

IAEAUniv Clausthal

USEPASTUK

SITEX consortium

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DECOMNRG

FANCASNSSMENSICNSC

ELI

ENSTTI MUTADISINSOTEC

IPPA

End users = SOCIETY

End users = SOCIETY

EXCHANGE MEETINGS

WORKSHOP

SITEX workshop with civil society – 16-17/09/2013

Characterisation of national expertise function

Dealing with Decision making process

Reviewing the safety

case

Performing R&D

Ensuring competences

and skills

Interacting with Civil

society

Interacting with waste

management organisations

The review team must develop independant capabilities to review…

The quality of the data

The description of processes

The quantitative evolution in space and time

The hazards during operational phase

…on which rests the safety of DGD

Preparation of a SRA

Identification of

opportunities for developing

a SITEX SRA

Common view of scientific and

technical needs for reviewing key

safety issues

Cartography of national R&D programs and

tools available for expertise function

Dealing with different national

programs and progress, CS

concerns

Framework for networking

SITEX2

• Completing review of national experiences and initiatives

• Implementing a common core module for experts

• Contribution to Safety case review and safety culture

• Governance patterns on the long term

• Contribution to definition of R&D priorities

• Common understanding of safety requirements

• Developing guidance on review methodology

• Setting a strategic research agenda

• Implementing joint research

• Interacting with other research platforms (H2020)

• Interacting with civil society

Programming and

implementing R&D

Developing a review

framework

Developing technical skills for reviewing

the safety case

Interacting with civil society