Recent activities related to decommissioning in nuclear energy agency of OECD

Yanagihara, Satoshi

Decommissioning of nuclear facilities has been actively progressed in the major member countries participating to OECD/NEA. The NEA has recognized necessity of studying various issues related to decommissioning nuclear facilities and it has made an approach to solve the issues from various ways. In the cooperative program for decommissioning (CPD), information on decommissioning projects has been exchanged among the member countries. In the working party on decommissioning and dismantling (WPDD), recent issues have been studied in terms of regulation, implementation of decommissioning projects and research and development on technologies. Decommissioning cost and regulatory practices were also studies and the reports were published, which will be useful for understanding the present issues on decommissioning in the world. The NEA's activity on decommissioning will be valuable for us to implement decommissioning projects in safe and economical manner in Japan. This report deals with the recent NEA activities on decommissioning.