JOINT CONVENTION 19 May 2010

Technical Meeting on the Establishment of a Radioactive Waste Management Organization, as recommended by the 3rd Review Meeting of the Joint Convention.

7 – 9 June 2010

Maison de la Chimie, Paris, France

DRAFT AGENDA

Monday 7 June 2010 National organizations for the management of radioactive waste

8h30 – 9h00 : Welcome and Registration

9h00 – 9h45 : Opening Session of the Technical Meeting  Opening Speech by the President of the Joint Convention Mr. Kunihisa Soda  Opening Speech by the Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and the Sea Pierre-Franck Chevet  Opening Remarks by the Head of the Programme of Waste Management (IAEA) Mr. Didier Louvat

9h45 – 10h40 : Session 1 - Statuts, responsabilities and missions of national organizations for radioactive waste management (Part1) Session Chair: Mr. Laszlo Koblinger, Joint Convention Vice-President, Hungary  France (ANDRA) Ms. Marie-Claude Dupuis  USA (DOE) Mr. Frank Marcinowski

10h40– -11h10 : Break

11h10-12h00: Session 2 - Statuts, responsabilities and missions of national organizations for radioactive waste management (Part 2) Session Chair: Mr. Laszlo Koblinger, Joint Convention Vice-President, Hungary  Japan (JAEA) Mr. Hiroyuki Umeki  Sweden (SKB) Mr. Peter Wass

12h00-13h00: Panel discussion on Statuts, responsabilities and missions of national organizations for radioactive waste management Session Chair: Mr. Laszlo Koblinger, Joint Convention Vice-President, Hungary

 Participants: Mr. Jean-Paul Minon (ONDRAF) Belgium, Mr. José Luis González (ENRESA) Spain, Mr. Thomas Ernst (NAGRA) Switzerland, Ms. Marie-Claude Dupuis (ANDRA) France, Mr. Hiroyuki Umeki (JAEA) Japan, Mr. Frank Marcinowski (DOE) USA

13h00 – 15h00 : Break

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15h00 – 16h00:Session 3 - Challenges of new national organizations for radioactive waste management (Part1) Session Chair: Ms. Marie-Claude Dupuis, France, ANDRA  Report from Italy (SOGIN) Mr. Luigi Brusa  Report from Argentina (CNEA) Ms. Elvira Maset  Report from Romania (AN&DR) Mr. Antonius Sorescu

16h00 – 16h30 : Break

16h30– 17h30: Session 4 - Challenges of new national organizations for radioactive waste management (Part2) Session Chair: Ms. Marie-Claude Dupuis, France, ANDRA  Report from South-Africa Mr. Orion Philips  Report from South Korea Mr. Heon Kim  Report from Slovakia Ms. Alena Zavazanova

17h30: Discussions

18:00 Closing of the session

18:00: Social Event

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Tuesday 8 June 2010 Relations of national organizations for radioactive waste management

9h00 – 10h30: Session 5: Relations between the Government, the Regulatory Authorities and national organizations for radioactive waste management Session Chair: Mr Jean-Rémi Gouze (ASN),

 The experience in France: ASN TBN  The experience in Belgium, (FANC) Mr. Luc Baekelandt  The experience in Germany (BFS) Mr. Wolf Koch  Discussions

10h30 – 11h00 : Break

11h00 – 12h30: Session 6: A common issue : Informing the public Session Chair: Mr János Tóth (EESC)  The experience in Slovenia (ARAO) Ms. Irena Daris  The experience in Finland (STUK) Ms. Kaisa-Leena Hutri  The experience in Canada (CNSC) Ms. Julie Mecke  Discussions

12h30 – 14h30 : Break

14h30 – 16h00: Session 7: Initiatives for international and multinational cooperation (Part1) Session Chair: Mr Frank Marcinowski (JC Vice- President, USA)  Proposal for an European Directive on the Safe Management of the Spent Nuclear Fuel and Radioactive Waste (ENSREG) Mr. Thomas Branche  Outcomes and objectives of the Working Group on Waste and Decommissioning (WGWD) of the Western European Nuclear Regulators' Association (WENRA) Ms. Alena Zavazanova  European Initiative : Implementing Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste Technology Platform (IGD-TP) Mr. Gérald Ouzounian  International Association for Environmentally Safe Disposal of Radioactive Materials (EDRAM) Mr. Jean-Paul Minon  Discussions

16h00 – 16h30 : Break

16h30 – 17h30: Session 7: Initiatives for international and multinational cooperation (Part2) Session Chair: Mr. Frank Marcinowski (JC Vice- President, USA)  Projects of NEA Ms. Elizabeth Forinash  International Projects in the IAEA Mr. Didier Louvat  Discussions

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17h30 – 18h00: Conclusions and closing of the Technical Meeting  Closing remarks by by the President of the Joint Convention Mr. Kunihisa Soda  Closing remarks by ASN Mr. Andre-Claude Lacoste

18h00: End of the Technical Meeting

Wednesday 9 June 2010 Technical Visit to the Center of l’Aube (CSA) - ANDRA

7h00: Departure from Place Denfert Rochereau (on Boulevard Saint-Jacques / Intersection Place Denfert Rochereau) 10h00: Arrival at ANDRA Aube Disposal Facilities, Welcome and Coffee 10h30 – 11h30: Presentation, Questions / Responses 11h30 – 13h15 : Visit to ANDRA Disposal Facility for LIL Waste (Centre de stockage de l’Aube pour déchets de faible et moyenne activité– Centre de l’Aube) 13h15 – 14h15: Lunch 14h15 – 16h15: Visit to ANDRA Disposal Facility for VLL Waste (Centre de stockage de l’Aube pour déchets de très faible activité– Centre de Morvilliers) 19h15: Arrival to Paris (Place Denfert Rochereau).

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