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The essence of time in policy

and design Radioactive waste management strategy in The Netherlands

Jan Boelen

COVRA NV

IAEA, Vienna

23 November 2016

CONTENTS

• The Netherlands

• Governance / Policy

• COVRA Pragmatic solutions

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SOLUTIONS FOR THE NETHERLANDS

• small amount of waste

• high ground water table

• high population density

• high environmental

awareness

• advanced spatial planning

17 million people

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RADIOACTIVE WASTE

• 2 nuclear power plants

1 operating (500 MWE)

1 shut down(GKN 1997)

• 2 research reactors

• industry

• medicine

• research

• U-enrichment plant

Waste inventory (1982-2015)

HLW: 100 m3

LILW: 11.000 m3

NORM: 17.000 m3

PRAGMATIC DISPOSAL SOLUTIONS

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CLASSICAL TRIANGLE

IMC APPROACH

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RWM POLICY THE NETHERLANDS

• polluter pays

• One central radioactive waste management organisation

• all waste managed and owned by COVRA

• capital growth fund within COVRA

• all waste managed at one industrial site

• at least 100 years storage, in buildings

• deep disposal after 100 years stable policy since 1984!

INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT

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IMAGE OF THE FUTURE

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Store for 100 years

REQUIREMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

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FINDING A SITE

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Please, mister can we have our ball?

SITING CRITERIA

• Normal industrial activity

• Risk perception: not close to

living areas

• Long term acces to skill pool:

industrial area

• Good accessability; road ,

train, water

• Access to water for cooling

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Final selection based on:

public acceptance

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TRANSPARANCY IN DESIGN

LLW treatment building

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TRANSPARACY IN OPERATIONS

- EVERYBODY WELCOME

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SAFE = BEAUTIFUL

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METAMORPHOSIS

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Watt

Time (years)

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2003

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EXTENSION OF METAMORPHOSIS

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EXTENSION OF METAMORPHOSIS

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A SPECIAL EFFECT: TWICE A YEAR

NEW DEPLETED-U STORAGE

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THE ESSENCE OF TIME

Stable long term policy

Not in a remote site

Active knowledge management

Manageable

Openness