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International Conference on Management of Radioactive Waste from Non-Power Applications- Sharing the Experience

Malta
5 - 9 November 2001

PROGRAMME

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MONDAY, 5 NOVEMBER 2001
08.00 - 09.30 REGISTRATION
09.30 - 10.00 OPENING
A. Bonne, IAEA
Representative of Host Government
10.00 - 11.00 SESSION 1: NATIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES APPROACHES AND EXPERIENCES
(Chairpersons: J. Harries, Australia; M. Chander, India)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-87
 
102
"Sharing experience: A key towards successful solutions" (Review Paper)
(A. Bonne, IAEA)
55
"Management of radioactive waste from non-power applications in the Netherlands"
(H.D.K. Codée, Netherlands)
 
----- Coffee Break -----
11.20 - 12.30 SESSION 1: (Continued)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-87
 
75
"Radioactive waste from non-power applications in Sweden"
(A. Ch. Hägg, G. Lindbom, M. Persson, Sweden)
20
"Success in siting low-level radioactive waste management facilities"
(P. Brown, D. McCauley, Canada)
28
"Management of radioactive waste from non-power applications. The Cuban experience"
(J.-C. Benitez, M. Salgado, L. Jova et.al, Cuba)
General discussion
 
----- Lunch Break -----
14.00 - 15.20 SESSION 1: (Continued)
(Chairpersons: C. Borrás, PAHO; A. Kim, Kazakhstan)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-87
 
4
"Radioactive waste management at ANSTO-management current and historic wastes"
(J. Harries, L. Dimitrovski, K. Hart et.al, Australia)
58
"National strategies in managing radioactive wastes in the Philippines"
(E. A. Cabalfin, Philippines)
52
"Radioactive waste management in the Republic of Kazakhstan"
(A. Kim, Kazakhstan)
83
"Non-fuel cycle radioactive waste policy in Turkey"
(A.I. Izmir, I. Uslu, Turkey)
 
----- Coffee Break -----
15.20 - 18.00 SESSION 1: (Continued)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-87
 
38
"Radioactive waste disposal in Greece"
(L. Parageorgiou, T.E. Matikas, Greece)
57
"Management of low and intermediate level radioactive wastes at Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology"
(M. Hussain, S.D. Orfi , A. Wahid et.al, Pakistan)
22
"Experience in radioactive waste - management of research centre - CIAE"
(Shangeng Luo, China)
96
"Regulatory framework strategy and radioactive waste management in Zambia"
(S. Banda, Zambia)
General discussion
18:00
Cocktail hosted by the IAEA
TUESDAY, 6 NOVEMBER 2001
09.00 - 10.30 SESSION 1: NATIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES APPROACHES AND EXPERIENCES (Continued)
(Chairpersons: S. Menon, Sweden; E. Valdezco, Philippines)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-87
 
44
"Radioactive waste management planning and strategies for the disposal of waste from non-power applications in Serpong site"
(A.S. Purnomo, Indonesia)
79
"Radioactive waste management facility in Syria"
(M. Ghafar, presented by M. S. Al-Masri, Syria)
47
"Centralized treatment facility for L/LILW produced in Iran"
(M. Ettehadian, S. Momenzadeh, M. Ansar, Iran, Isl. Rep.of)
54
"National policy for control of radioactive sources and radioactive waste from non-power applications in Lithuania"
(G. Klevinskas, A. Mastauskas, Lithuania)
 
----- Coffee Break -----
11.00 - 12.30 SESSION 1: (Continued)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-87
 
91
"Radioactive waste management in English and Dutch Caribbean countries"
(C. Borrás, A. Archibald, A.F. Lokerse et.al., PAHO)
74
"Conditioning storage and disposal of radioactive waste from non power applications in Slovakia"
(D. Svorc, Slovakia)
63
"Institutional radioactive waste treatment and conditioning in Romania"
(F. Dragolici, C.N. Turcanu, G. Rotarescu et.al, Romania)
General discussion
 
----- Lunch Break -----
14.00 - 15.20 SESSION 2: PROCESSING OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE FROM NON-POWER APPLICATIONS
(Chairpersons: M. Ozhovan, Russia; J.-C. Benitez, Cuba)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-87
 
43
"Operational experiences and upgradation of waste management facilities Trombay"
(M. Chander, S.B. Bodke, N.K. Bansal, India)
17
"Upgrade and improvement of the capacity of waste management installation at IPEN/CNEN-SP"
(L.S. Endo, Brazil)
89
"Management of liquid radioactive waste from research and training laboratories of radiochemistry and radioecology"
(A.P. Krasnopyorova, G.D. Yuhno, O.Y. Sytnik, Ukraine)
50
"Radiological characterization of LLW arising from JAERI Tokai Research Establshment"
(M. Okoshi, A. Sakai, M. Abe et.al, Japan)
 
----- Coffee Break -----
15.50 - 16.30 SESSION 2: (Continued)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-87
 
3
"Solidification of acidic liquid waste from 99Mo isotope production"
(G.J. Parsons, Australia)
69
"New sorption-reagent materials for decontamination of liquid radioactive waste"
(V. Avramenko, A.P. Golikov, D.V. Marinin et.al, Russia)
General discussion
16.30 - 18.00
Poster Session
WEDNESDAY, 7 NOVEMBER 2001
09.00 - 10.30

SESSION 3: WASTE FROM DECOMMISSIONING OF SMALL NUCLEAR FACILITIES
(Chairpersons: V. Massaut, Belgium; C. Tuniz, Australia)

No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-87
 
13
"Waste from decommissioning of research reactors and other small nuclear facilities" (Review Paper)
(V. Massaut, Belgium)
81
"Multiparameter optimisation of dismantling activities and waste management at a research centre"
(R. Andres, Switzerland)
34
"Reference zoning of the radioactive waste in the frame of the decommissioning of particle accelerators"
(F. Damoy, France)
 
----- Coffee Break -----
10.40 - 12.30

SESSION 3: (Continued)

No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-87
 
86
"Management of waste associated with the decommissioning of the Jason research reactor and the nuclear laboratories at the royal naval college Greenwich"
(P. A. Beeley, R.J.S. Lockwood, D. Hoult et.al, United Kingdom)
26
"Decommissioning of brachytherapy facility at the oncology hospital in Havana"
(J.-C. Benitez, M. Salgado, Cuba)
48
"Dismantling without contaminating: the Eurex plant experience"
(M. Gili, Italy)
32
"Remediation and decommissioning of radioactive waste facilities in Estonia"
(H. Putnik, E. Realo, Estonia)
General discussion
 
----- Lunch Break -----
14.00 - 15.10 SESSION 4: MANAGEMENT OF NORM/TENORM WASTE
(Chairpersons: H. Codée, Netherlands; F. Dragolici, Romania)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-87
 
77
"Technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material (TENORM) and its regulation" (Review Paper)
(S. Menon, Sweden)
6
"Treatment and conditioning of TENORM in Austria"
(J. Neubauer, A. Vesely, Austria)
76
"Treatment of NORM-contaminated scrap from the oil and gas industry"
(J. Lorenzen, M. Lindberg, A.Eriksson et.al, Sweden)
 
----- Coffee Break -----
15.30 - 16.10 SESSION 4: (Continued)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-87
 
78
"NORM waste in oil and gas industry: the Syrian experience"
(M. S. Al-Masri, H. Suman, Syria)
61
"Disposal of phosphogypsum waste containing enhanced level of radioactivity"
(F. P. Carvalho, Portugal)
16.10 - 17.30
Panel Discussion: Management of large quantities of decommissioning materials and TENORMs
THURSDAY, 8 NOVEMBER 2001
09.00 - 10.30 SESSION 5: INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND TREATMENT OF SPECIFIC WASTE
(Chairperson: J. Neubauer, Austria; P. Brown, Canada)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-87
 
82
"Accelerator waste. What to do?"
(H.-F. Beer, Switzerland)
72
"Thermochemical treatment of radioactive waste by using powder metal fuels"
(S.A. Dimitriev, M. Ozhovan, O. K. Karlina, Russia)
15
"The waste management program at VUB-AZ: an integrated solution for nuclear biomedical waste management"
(P. Covens, M. Sonck, G. Eggermont et.al., Belgium)
21
"Mixed waste: the treatment of organic radioactive waste by means of adsorbents"
(A. Sanhueza-Mir, T. Morales-Galarce, Chile)
 
----- Coffee Break -----
11.00 - 12.30 SESSION 5: (Continued)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-87
 
49
"Removal of 125I from radioactive waste using an anion exchange paper membrane treated with trimethylhydroxypropyl amino group"
(H. Inoue, Japan)
31
"Liquid emulsion membrane for removal of uranium and cobalt from medium level active waste solutions"
(S.A. El-Reefy, Y.T. Selim, Egypt)
5
"Minimisation of noble gas discharge from 99Mo production at ANSTO"
(N. Blagojevic, M. Izard, Australia)
84
"Optimization of holding tank system for medical radioactive waste"
(T. Özdemir, Turkey)
General discussion
 
----- Lunch Break -----
14.00 - 15.30 SESSION 6: MANAGEMENT OF DISUSED SEALED RADIOACTIVE SOURCES
(Chairpersons: P. O'Sullivan, Netherlands; J. Grimm, USA)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-87
 
100
"The IAEA activities on management of disused sealed radioactive sources" (Review Paper)
(M. Al-Mughrabi, IAEA)
85
"Management and disposal of disused sealed radioactive sources in Europe"
(M.J. Angus, D.A. Wells, L. Cecille et.al, United Kingdom/EC)
99
"The present state of the disposal of sealed radioactive sources in South Africa"
(M. Smith, South Africa)
 
----- Coffee Break -----
16.00 - 16.40 SESSION 6: (Continued)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-87
 
98
"Management of disused smoke detectors in Belgium"
(J.-P. Lacroix, Belgium)
88
"Decommissioning and transport of teletheraphy machines and irradiators"
(T. Wilson, M. Ord, United Kingdom)
16.40 - 17.20
Panel Discussion: Management of disused sealed radioactive sources
19.00
Dinner hosted by the Government of Malta
FRIDAY, 9 NOVEMBER 2001
08.30 - 09.30 SESSION 7: STORAGE AND DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE
(Chairpersons: P. Ormai, Hungary; G. Torres-Oviedo, Chile)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-87
 
101
"The IAEA perspective on international and national waste management information systems" (Review Paper)
(G. Csullog, W.E. Falck, S.T.W. Miaw, IAEA)
56
"Status and issues on storage and disposal of radioactive waste from non-power applications" (Review Paper)
(P. O'Sullivan, Netherlands)
41
"Hungarian near surface repository development: is intervention necessary?"
(P. Ormai, F. Takáts, Hungary)
 
----- Coffee Break -----
09.50 - 10.30 SESSION 7: (Continued)
No. of Paper:
IAEA-CN-87
 
35
"R&D for final disposal of research reactor fuel elements in Germany"
(J. Fachinger, H. Curtius, H. Brücher, Germany)
12
"Lessons learnt from storage practices for residues from radium production: A re-evaluation of the Olen Site"
(D. Mallants, L. Hardy, G. Volckaert et.al, Belgium)
10.30 - 12.00
Final Panel Discussion: Management of radioactive waste from non-power application sources
12.00 
Closing of the Conference

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