Twenty five years passed from starting OECD/NEA decommissioning cooperative program

Yanagihara, Satoshi

Twenty five years have passed since starting the OECD/NEA decommissioning cooperative program. During these terms, the decommissioning programs of Shipping Port and Neideraichbach Power Plants have been completed successfully. Both WAGR and BR-3 decommissioning programs are in final stage at this moment. In addition, US DOE Environmental Management program has been actively conducted for more than 20 years. The cleanup programs of Mound, Fernald and Rocky Flats have been completed so far. It may need relatively long time to complete decommissioning and cleanup activities. By being informed of the successful results of WAGR and BR-3 and some of EM programs, I thought of that it might be important to continue these programs with persistence on long term perspective.