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Technical Meeting on Transitioning from On-site Spent Fuel Storage to Off-site Spent Fuel Storage at Permanently Shut Down Reactor Sites
Objectives
The objectives of the Technical Meeting are to:
- Provide a general overview on the number of sites which have already transitioned from On-site spent fuel storage to Off-site spent fuel storage;
- Gather experience and lessons learned in Member States with the transition process completed or in progress; this should be based on papers submitted prior to the Technical Meeting and cover the following topical areas: (1) legal framework, (2) operational and (3) infrastructure needs for an Off-site storage facility in comparison to an On-site storage facility;
- Agree on the outline of the Technical Meeting’s proceedings (TECDOC) and start drafting them, capturing materials presented, discussions held during and conclusions of the technical sessions of the meeting.