Contact Expert Group


CEG workshop "Security and Safety of Radioactive Sources: Decommissioning and Replacement of Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators"

(16-18 February 2005 Oslo, Norway)

Key papers presented at the workshop:

  • Opening statement at the Contact Expert Group Seminar on RTGs Mr. Kim Traavik, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway


  • IAEA safety standards applicable to the RTG management Mr. Luis Jove Sed, IAEA


  • Norwegian-Russian Regulatory co-operation on RTG Ms. Malgorzata Sneve, NRPA, Norway


  • The French system for the control and the survey of radioactive sources Mr. Christian Deregel, IRSN, France


  • Regulatory framework used in France for the transport of radioactive material: application to the transport by road of a thermoelectric generator equipped with a Strontium 90 radioactive sealed source (RTG) of Russian design Mr. Christian Deregel, IRSN, France


  • Independent assessment of RTG decommissioning funded by Norway Mr. Ingar Amundsen, NRPA, Norway


  • Denmark-sponsored RTG projects Mr. Wilhelm Grentzmann, Wilco Marine Aps, Denmark