Nuclear Research and consultancy Group European Radiation Survey Site Execution Manual Leo van Velzen ENVIRONET Kick-off meeting Vienna 23 – 26 November 2009

2 Contents Introduction to Nuclear Research and consultancy Group Needs Offer to the IAEA ENVIRONET Network

3 Introduction to NRG

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5 Activities R & D-assignments -nuclear power plants -fusion reactors -health physics -thermo hydraulics -transmutation -waste management -waste characterisation -design and operation -efficiency performance -health physics -radiation and environment environment-non-nuclear applications (e.g. NORM) applications (e.g. NORM) Services and consultancy 13 M€ 8 M€ (MEA) 14 M€ 5 M€ Production of Isotopes -medical -industrial

6 Needs The Netherlands: Highly populated; Highly industrialised; About 30% is below see level; High ground water velocity; Contaminated sites needs to be remediated so that they can be reused for as much purposes as possible, preferable unrestricted reuse. There is a constant need for new proven/validated remediation techniques.

7 Offer: EURSSEM European Radiation Survey and Site Execution Manual EURSSEM (1st version) has been established within the 6th EC Framework project “Coordination Network on Decommissioning (CND)”. The CND project officially ended 31 June The European Radiation Survey and Site Execution Manual (EURSSEM) has been developed to provide a consistent consensus approach and guidance to conduct all actions at radioactively contaminated and potentially radioactively contaminated sites and/or groundwater up to their release for restricted or unrestricted (re)use.

8 Offer: EURSSEM Approach: -Service point of view, document free of names/pointers to commercial organizations, governmental regulations, etc. -Leading strategies, leading practical option(s), etc.; all strategies, practical options ….. no judging. -Applicable for all stakeholders involved in processes to remediate or restore radioactively contaminated sites for restricted or unrestricted (re)use. Combining (leading) literature: -IAEA; Member states – consensus- -MARSSIM (2002); Regulator/Agencies US -CIRIA Safegrounds Nuclear Industry and Defense sites - UK Learning Network: -ITRC; Interstate Techn. & Research Council - US -EPA Environmental Protection Agency – US -Diverse Publications

9 Contents 1 Introduction 2 Development of a strategy, implementation and execution program to remediate radioactively contaminated sites 3 Characterisation of radioactively contaminated sites 4 Environmental remediation of radioactively contaminated sites 5 Stewardship Offer: EURSSEM

10 Contents 1 Introduction 2 Development of a strategy, implementation and execution program to remediate radioactively contaminated sites 3 Characterisation of radioactively contaminated sites 4 Environmental remediation of radioactively contaminated sites 5 Stewardship Offer: EURSSEM - Background - Purpose and scope of EURSSEM - The EURSSEM approach - Structure of the manual - Use of the manual

11 Contents 1 Introduction 2 Development of a strategy, implementation and execution program to remediate radioactively contaminated sites 3 Characterisation of radioactively contaminated sites 4 Environmental remediation of radioactively contaminated sites 5 Stewardship Offer: EURSSEM - Context and objectives - Designing a remediation program for radiological contaminated sites - Basic considerations about planning for remediation - Practical implementation of the management and selection of remedial actions - Stakeholder involvement - Historical site assessment - Risk assessment - Health physics, safety, security and environmental protection plan - Site characterisation - Environmental remediation plan - Waste management and transport plan - Stewardship - Record keeping - Archive for future referencing - Quality management plan

12 Contents 1 Introduction 2 Development of a strategy, implementation and execution program to remediate radioactively contaminated sites 3 Characterisation of radioactively contaminated sites 4 Environmental remediation of radioactively contaminated sites 5 Stewardship Offer: EURSSEM - Introduction - Definition of key terms adopted in site characterisation - Design of field-based site characterisations; data quality objective process - Samples - Sampling frequencies, locations and patterns - Non-intrusive methods - Intrusive methods - Field survey and laboratory equipment - Analysis of samples - Data interpretation and drawing conclusions - Reporting results - Common mistakes

13 Contents 1 Introduction 2 Development of a strategy, implementation and execution program to remediate radioactively contaminated sites 3 Characterisation of radioactively contaminated sites 4 Environmental remediation of radioactively contaminated sites 5 Stewardship Offer: EURSSEM - Introduction - Design of an environmental remediation plan - Remediation: Planning approaches - Remediation: Evaluation criteria of approaches and techniques - Overview of available remediation techniques - Remediation implementation activities - Conducting post-remediation activities

14 Contents 1 Introduction 2 Development of a strategy, implementation and execution program to remediate radioactively contaminated sites 3 Characterisation of radioactively contaminated sites 4 Environmental remediation of radioactively contaminated sites 5 Stewardship Offer: EURSSEM - Introduction - Components of longterm stewardship - Management - Institutional/administrative controls - Maintenance/long term behaviour of engineering solutions - Monitoring - Periodic review - Removal of restrictions of site access - Keeping stakeholders involved - Economic context

15 EURSSEM; // Partner to the ENVIRONET Network

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