Contact Expert Group


Seventh Contact Expert Group (CEG) Meeting

(Murmansk, 17 - 19 November 1998)

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AGENDA

Tuesday, 17 November 1998
09.00-09.10 1. Opening of the Meeting by CEG Chairman
09.10-09.20 2. Welcoming Statement by RF Host
09.20-09.30 3. Adoption of the Agenda
09.30-09.50 5. Overview of Waste Management Developments in the RF and
Implementation of the RF Waste Management Programme
by RF speaker
10.35-10.55 Coffee break
10.55-11.40 6. Concept of a Long Term Plan of Actions for International
Co-operation in Radwaste and Spent Fuel Management in the
Russian Federation by RF speaker
11.40-13.00 7. Measures for Implementation of the Long Term Plan of Actions
by Donor Organizations:
  • Evaluation of plan priorities for mitigation of Environmental Risk
  • Identification of barriers which could frustrate implementation of the plan
  • Preparation of funding justifications for decision-makers of donor parties
  • Evaluation of supporting infrastructure for managing the implementation of the plan by Heads of Delegations
13.00-14.30 Lunch break
14.30-15.10 7. Measures for Implementation of the Long Term Plan of Actions
by Donor Organizations (continued)
15.10-15.30 8. Status of, Problems with and Proposals for Co-operation Projects
(with a special emphasis on the CEG Highest Priority Tasks,
including Initial –First Priority – projects and Russian High
Priority Projects) by CEG members/observers
15.30-15.50 Coffee Break
15.50-18.00 8. Status of, Problems with and Proposals for Co-operation Projects
(with a special emphasis on the CEG Highest Priority Tasks,
including Initial-First Priority-projects and Russian High
Priority Projects) *)(continued) by CEG members/observer
19.30-22.00 (approx.) Dinner
Wednesday, 18 November 1998
09.00-09.50 9. Overview of Non-Naval Waste Management Situation and
Status of Co-operation in Murmansk and Arkhangelsk regions
by Murmansk and Arkhangelsk region Administrations
by co-operating partners**)
09.50-10.05 10. Report on the Swedish-Norwegian-Russian International
Seminar on Waste Management and Disposal in the North-West of
the RF and its Summary Conclusions by speaker from Sweden
10.05-11.00 11. Final Disposal of Radwaste (new developments)
by speakers from France, Germany, Norway, RF, Sweden, EU***)
11.00-11.20 Coffee Break
11.20-11.50 11. Final Disposal of Radwaste (new developments) (continued)
11.50-12.30 12. Report of the Ad Hoc Group on its Recommendations for
improving the CEG Information Exchange Mechanism on
Preparation and Realisation of Co-operation Projects thus
advancing the effectiveness of the CEG operation
by the Head of the Ad hoc Group
12.30-13.00 13. CEG Secretariat’s Reports on:
  1. CEG Secretariat’s activities (May-November 1998)
  2. Realisation of the 6th CEG meeting’s decisions
  3. Interim Financial Report of the CEG Secretariat for January-October 1998
  4. Updating on the CEG co-operation projects Data Base
  5. Present status of co-operation projects
  6. Progress reporting on the implementation of or negotiations on co-operation projects by the CEG Executive Secretary
13.00-14.30 Lunch break
14.30-15.10 13. CEG Secretariat’s Reports (continued)
by the CEG Executive Secretary
15.10-15.40 14. Proposals of the Ad Hoc Group for the CEG conclusions on the
Group’s Report and further actions (to be prepared on the basis
of discussion under Agenda item 12) by the Head of
the Ad hoc Group
15.40-15.50 15. Time and Place of the Next CEG Meetings
15.50-17.00 Coffee Break
  • preparation of a draft Chairman’s Summing Up
  • short briefing on forthcoming technical visits
17.00-18.00 16. Summing Up of the Meeting by the CEG Chairman
Thursday, 19 November
08.00-18.00
(approx)		 17. Technical Visits to:
08.00-15.00 a. Nuclear Submarine Dismantling ("utilization") Plant "NERPA"