Technical Meeting on Benchmarking of Waste from Water Cooled, Water Moderated Power Reactor Operations

The web-based International WWER Radioactive Waste Operations Benchmarking System (BMS) is an important toolbox for establishing industry-wide standards and guidelines for radioactive waste minimization, and is used to collect, analyse, and report on waste management information from WWER-type nuclear power plants and enables member organisations to share their data and to determine how they rank amongst all participants in terms of commonly agreed and accepted waste management parameters. Data collection is conducted annually, but benchmarking reports and analyses can be accessed throughout the year. In this regard, the International Atomic Energy Agency is organizing a Technical Meeting on Benchmarking of Waste from Water Cooled, Water Moderated Power Reactor Operations virtually via Cisco Webex from 3-5 April 2023.

The purpose of the event is to share and discuss insights and good practices for improving the management of radioactive waste arising from nuclear power plant operations. The event will focus and build on the progress made in water cooled, water moderated power reactor operations.

The event will provide the forum for sharing the progress achieved in utilising the web-based International WWER Radioactive Waste Operations Benchmarking System and identifying further activities aiming to improve waste management practices is of interest to Members States involved.

This event is intended for current and future users of WWER Radioactive Waste Operations Benchmarking System.

The following topics will be discussed during the event:

• Presentation of the national (plant) reports uploaded to BMS system and discussion of the data provided;
• Discussion of the waste optimization procedures used in nuclear power plants;
• Identification of the waste streams from WWER power plants, determining status and trends in the generation of specific wastes.
• Discussion on the waste management procedures.
• Discussion on the usage and benefits of benchmarking reports and widening the scope of BMS.