SUMMARY AND REVIEW OF PAGIS- PHASE 2.

Objective

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE WORK ARE :

- TO PREPARE A SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS OF THE REPOSITORIES FOR HLW IN DEEP GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS COVERING FOUR OPTIONS (CLAY, GRANITE, SALT AND THE SUB-SEABED) OF THE PAGIS PROJECT.

- TO REVIEW CRITICALLY THE BASIS, METHODS, MODELS AND DATA USED FOR THE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS AND TO PREPARE A REPORT SETTING OUT COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS RELEVANT TO FURTHER ACTIONS OF THE PAGIS PROJECT.

THE "SUMMARY" REPORT IS INTENDED FOR PUBLICATION. THE "COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS" REPORT IS FOR USE BY THE COMMISSION AND THE PAGIS SECRETARIES.
The main objectives were:
to coordinate an effort at European level on performance assessment of nuclear waste disposal;
to promote a series of coordinated safety assessment studies on the most promising options to demonstrate the feasibility of the disposal practice and the capability of European teams to perform all the steps of a complex assessment on specific disposal sites;
to provide guidance for the research and development programmes on waste immobilisation and confinement;
to improve exchange among the European Community member states on the various options and variants studied;
to reinforce the confidence in, and confirm the feasibility of, the disposal practice.
B1. DISCUSSIONS WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CEC AND AGREEMENT OF THE STUDY BASIS, INCLUDING IDENTIFICATION OF THE REFERENCE PROJECT REPORTS.

B2. COLLATION AND INITIAL REVIEW OF THE PAGIS PHASE I, AND AS THEY BECAME AVAILABLE, PHASE II DOCUMENTS AND SUPPORTING MATERIAL.

B3. DISCUSSIONS WITH PAGIS SECRETARIES AND OTHER RELEVANT ORGANISATIONS, WITH THE AIMS OF ASSESSING BACKGROUND AND CLARIFYING PUBLISHED MATERIAL.

B4. PREPARATION OF A DRAFT "SUMMARY" REPORT OF 200 TO 250 PAGES, GIVING COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF THE RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS FOR THE FOUR GEOLOGICAL OPTIONS.

B5. DETAILED CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE APPROACH, THE METHODOLOGIES, MODELS AND DATA, AND PREPARATION OF A DRAFT "COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS" REPORT.

B6. COLLATION WITH THE PAGIS SECRETARIES AND THE CEC REPRESENTATIVES TO PRODUCE FINAL VERSIONS OF THE TWO REPORTS.

B7. PRODUCTION OF MASTER COPIES OF THE FINAL REPORTS.

Fields of science

Programme(s)

FP1-RADWASTOM 3C - Research and development programme (Euratom) on the management and storage of radioactive waste, 1985-1989

Topic(s)

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Call for proposal

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Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

Associated Nuclear Services Ltd

Address

East leigh house 60 east street
KT17 1HA Epsom
United Kingdom

EU contribution

€ 0,00