1. Horst Monken-Fernandes Waste Technology Section NEFW
Review of IAEA Activities Related to Environmental Remediation and Their Relevance to ENVIRONET Plenary Meeting of Environet 05 – 07 November 2017
Horst Monken-Fernandes
Waste Technology Section
NEFW
This is a topic that has become of extreme relevance and interest to MS’s. The idea of this presentation, that can not be extensive due to time limitations, is just to give a favour of how WTS is responding to this demand that was also highlighted in the Madrid Conference last year. Will not go through all the slides, but they can be used as a reference for further discussions.

2. Remediation deals with
ER applies to a series of situations (the so called existing exposure situations) that include:
Remediation of contaminated areas after a Nuclear or Radiological Accident’
Test Sites
Legacy Sites (those that operated without a regulatory framework and led to the contamination of land that impose present or potential radiological risks to members of the public). These include:
Sites affected by NORM industries
Uranium Mining and Milling operations
Former Nuclear Sites (related to nuclear fuel cycle operations, military operations, research operations)

3. Vision
Member States will Eventually Have in Place a Proper Infrastructure and Technologies for Managing their Radioactive Legacies and Resolve all Related Issues in a Timely, Safe and Cost- Effective Manner while Avoiding the Creation of New Legacy Sites

4. ER in WTS
ER activities within WTS took the form of a “thematic approach” focusing on a series of structuring activities
Activities related to NORM have been focused on Waste/Residue Management and site remediation.
In terms of RB activities devoted to the production of NE-Series Reports and TECDOCS the adopted approach embraced three major areas: Overarching; Supporting; and Implementation

5. Report Production Overarching Supporting Implementation
Policy and Strategy
Stakeholder Communication and Engagement
Cost Estimate
Environmental Remediation in a Life Cycle Perspsctive
Determination of Site End-State
Funding and Finacning ER Projects
Mathematical Modeeling
Engineered Barriers
Technics and Technologies in ER after Accident
Integrating Decommissioning and Enviromental Remediation
Mobile Unit for Site Characterization
Decommissioning of the ChNPP Cooling Pond
Remediation of Groundwater
Lessons Learned with ER
NORM Residue Management
Overarching
Supporting
Implementation

6. Networking (1/2)
The operation of the network Environet – that in the beginning was concentrated in organising meetings (workshops and training events) - has evolved;
Changes reflect the need manifested from the Ms’s to address their challenges in a more practical way.
DERES Project
LeTrench Project (in cooperation with Disposal Unit, Diponet?)
NORM-Project
CIDER

7. Future Scenarios Remediation in the USA
Remediation within the Russian Federation
Remediation in Ukraine will continue to be a challenge.
Possible developments of remediation activities in Central Asia
Remediation in Asia,
Remediation Post –Accident (Fukushima, Chernobyl))
Uranium Mining Areas
Environmental aspects in the decommissioning of nuclear facilities
NORM Sites

8. Road Map Continue working in a thematic approach to
Enhance and consolidate partnerships internally and externally
Pursue a more consistent articulation between ER and Decommissioning
Implement a series of structured activities focused on enhancing capacity building activities
Enhance the engagement of WTS in the development of tools to be used in the planning and decision making concerning remediation of sites affected by nuclear/radiological accidents.
Articulation with TC Departments focusing on delivering targeted assistance to MS’s on elements that constrain the implementation of ER projects
Migrate from a reactive perspective of ER to a more pro-active one eventually assuming the form of environmental management instead of environmental remediation.

9. Thank you!
Thank you!