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Events in 2012
Training Courses and Workshops planned are listed below. The titles and some details of the courses are given below. More details, e.g. prospectus and agenda will be added as linked pdf files when they are available. For presentations and documents given at previous events, please go to the Proceedings page.
For TC supported events, under the RER/9/103 Programme, the applications should be made using the official TC application forms. These are available at
www-tc.iaea.org/tcweb/participation/astrainee/default.asp
Under the rules of the Technical Cooperation programmes, the Agency can only support nominees from those Member States that can claim appropriate status.
It is emphasised that the application forms MUST be endorsed by the appropriate officials of the Member State to which the applicant belongs the applicant is considered to be a nominee as much as an applicant and MUST be delivered to the Agency on or before the deadline stated in the prospectus.
Please also submit a Participation Form to the IAEA according to the instructions on the form, before the deadline with a copy to the following address: S.Elamkunam@iaea.org.
| Course Number | RER/9/103-013 |
| Title | Training Course on The identification and management of uncertainty in safety assessments for disposal facilities - Completed |
| Place | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Dates | 18—22 June 2012 |
| Nomination deadline | 05 April 2012 - Deadline extended to 15 April 2012 |
| Organizers | IAEA in cooperation with the Government of Portugal through the Instituto Tecnologico e Nuclear (ITN) |
| Details | Prospectus - This workshop is a DISPONET and URF joint event. |
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| Title | Technical Meeting on Training and Demonstration of Waste Disposal Technologies — Waste Acceptance Procedures - Completed |
| Place | Soulaines, France |
| Dates | 26—28 June 2012 |
| Details | Flyer / The DISPONET Annual Forum will run jointly with this workshop. |
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| Title | International training on Interaction between technical and social aspects for waste disposal programmes - Completed |
| Place | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Dates | 2—5 July 2012 |
| Organizers | IAEA in cooperation with the Government of the Turkey through the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority |
| Details | Prospectus |
| Course Number | RER/9/103-014 |
| Title | Training Course on Lessons learnt to support the development of effective stakeholder engagement strategies for radioactive waste disposal - Completed |
| Place | Warsaw, Poland |
| Dates | 19—23 November 2012 |
| Nomination deadline | 28 September 2012 |
| Organizers | IAEA in cooperation with the Government of Poland through the National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA) |
| Details | Prospectus - This workshop is a DISPONET and URF joint event. |
Past Events (2011)
| Course Number | RAF/5/057 |
| Title | DISPONET – NECSA Training Course Development of a Near Surface Disposal Facility - Completed |
| Place | Pretoria, South Africa |
| Dates | 28 March – 1 April 2011 |
| Organizers | NECSA, South Africa in cooperation with DISPONET, IAEA |
| Details | Prospectus |
| Target countries | AFRA Member States participating in the project RAF/5/057 |
| Course Number | RAF/5/057 |
| Title | Workshop on safety aspects of low level waste disposal - Completed |
| Place | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Dates | 4—6 October 2011 |
| Organizers | DISPONET, IAEA in cooperation with SKB, Sweden |
| Details | Prospectus to be provided soon / Leafleat |
| Target countries | Any country with interest in low level waste disposal |
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| Title | International workshop on building partnership in waste disposal programme - Completed |
| Place | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Dates | 31 October - 2 November 2011 |
| Organizers | DISPONET, IAEA in cooperation with the Government of the Malaysia through the Malaysian Nuclear Agency, Bangi |
| Details | Prospectus |
| Target countries | Any country with interest in stakeholder involvement issue relative to waste repositories |
