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Day 1 : October 15, 2007: Ensuring political and institutional
legitimacy
The first day of the conference was devoted to the essential role of governments
in defining national strategies and establishing the legal and political
framework for implementing repository projects. Speakers shared their
experience with the implementation process from the political, legislative
and social perspective of different countries.
Senior representatives from international organisations presented the
contribution of their respective agencies.
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Welcome address and introductory remarks
Moritz
Leuenberger, Federal Minister, Head of the Department of the
Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC), Switzerland
Speech
(in German)
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Statement on behalf on the co-sponsors
Luis Echávarri,
Director-General of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
Speech
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Session 1: Strategic and policy developments
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Tomihiro Taniguchi,
Deputy Director General, Nuclear Safety and Security, International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Speech
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Zoran Stančič,
Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General Research, European
Commission
Speech
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Torsten Carlsson, Chairman,
Swedish National Council for Nuclear Waste (KASAM)
Speech
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Presentation
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Kenji Ogiwara, Vice-Minister,
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan
Speech
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Message
from the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation
and Nuclear Safety, Germany, delivered by Georg Arens (in German)
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Session 2: Panel-led discussion on strategic and policy
experience
- Chair: Elizabeth
Dowdeswell, Special Advisor to the Board, Nuclear Waste Management
Organization (NWMO), Canada
- Ute Blohm-Hieber, Directorate
General for Energy and Transport (DG TREN), European Commission
Presentation
- Hannes Germann, Member
of the Swiss Council of States
- Volker Giraud, Ministry of
the Environment of Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Presentation
(German) /
Presentation
(English)
- Kris Van Dijck, Member
of the Flemish Parliament and Mayor of Dessel, Belgium
Presentation
- Cyrille Vincent, Head of
the Sub-Directorate for Nuclear Industry, Directorate-General
for Energy and Raw Materials, Ministry for Ecology, Sustainable
Development and Spatial Planning, France
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Day 2 : October 16, 2007
Ensuring protection, creating trust and bringing national
projects forward
The second day of the conference explored the processes for decision making
and implementation of geological repositories from the perspectives of
societal involvement, practical implementation and regulatory supervision.
Implementing the geological disposal of radioactive waste within the political
and legal framework discussed on the previous day is a challenging prospect
in many countries, especially with respect to the role and involvement
of society in general, and potential siting regions and communities in
particular, in the decision-making process.
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Session 3: Societal aspects
- Chair: Claude Birraux,
Member of the French National Assembly, First Deputy-Chairman
of the Parliamentary Office for Scientific and Technological Assessment,
France
Introduction
- Societal aspects and ethical issues
Carl-Reinhold Bråkenhielm,
Swedish National Council for Nuclear Waste (KASAM)
Paper
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Presentation
- The experience of the NWMO in Canada
Kathryn Shaver, Nuclear
Waste Management Organization (NWMO), Canada
Paper
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Presentation
- Searching for a suitable site in Switzerland - The Deep Geological
Repository Sectoral Plan
Michael Aebersold, Swiss
Federal Office of Energy
Paper
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Presentation
- Societal aspects in siting a radioactive waste disposal facility
Jacob Spangenberg,
Mayor of Östhammar, Sweden
Kaj Nilsson, Project manager
LKO, Oskarshamn, Sweden
Joint presentation
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Session 4: Implementation aspects
- Chair: Luis Echávarri,
OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
- Overview of EDRAM and of the Canadian Nuclear Fuel Waste
Management Program
Kenneth E. Nash, International
Association for Environmentally Safe Disposal of Radioactive Materials
(EDRAM) and Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO), Canada
Presentation
- The implementation process for a deep geological repository
for radioactive waste in France
Marie-Claude Dupuis,
National Radioactive Waste Management Agency (ANDRA), France
Paper
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Presentation
- Implementation of the Swedish concept of deep geological
disposal
Claes Thegerström,
Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB)
Paper
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Presentation
- The management and disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level
radioactive waste in the United States
Edward F. Sproat, Office
of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM), USA
Presentation
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Session 5: Regulatory aspects
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Session 6: Panel-led discussion
- Chair: Hans Forsström,
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Carl-Reinhold Bråkenhielm,
Swedish National Council for Nuclear Waste (KASAM)
- Hans Issler, National Cooperative
for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (NAGRA), Switzerland
- Jukka Laaksonen, Radiation
and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), Finland
- Jean-Paul Minon, Belgian
Agency for Radioactive Waste and Enriched Fissile Materials (ONDRAF/NIRAS)
- Kathy Riklin, Member of
the Swiss National Council
- Manfred Thumann, Executive
Vice President and Member of the Executive Board of Axpo Holding
AG, Switzerland
- Bruce McKirdy, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), United
Kingdom
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Summary of the conference
Closing address
- Hans Issler, National Cooperative
for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (NAGRA), Switzerland
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