Projects Completed
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
Consultants Meeting, 2009 July 27-31, to align draft safety guide DS 334 (Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste) with revised draft safety requirements DS 354 (Disposal of Radioactive Waste) and to supplement DS 334 with guidance specific to the disposal of intermediate-level radioactive waste.
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Ottawa, Canada
Review and Assessment Guides for the DGR Project, July 2009 – February 2010.
- to develop the approach and expectations appropriate to the assessment of the Deep Geological Repository (DGR) Project EIS and application for a "Licence to Prepare Site and Construct" the DGR;
- to develop Staff Review Guides necessary for the DGR EIS and licence application submissions.
OPG’s Deep Geologic Repository for Low and Intermediate Level Waste – Long Term Performance Reviews, April 2011 – January 2012.
- to provide authoritative review of waste inventory, geochemistry, and geosynthesis/descriptive geosphere site model, and how these subject areas affect the long-term safety case, to complement the technical reviews by CNSC staff of the EIS and Application for a "Licence to Prepare Site and Construct" the DGR;
- to provide technical support for the CNSC staff reviews through discussions of review comments with CNSC staff and with Federal Review Team members.
OPG’s Deep Geologic Repository for low and intermediate level waste – Review of public and Panel’s request for information on geochemical issues, gas generation and safety assessment, June 2013 – November 2013
- to provide peer review of CNSC staff’s Panel Member Document on long term safety of the DGR;
- to provide authoritative review of the proponents’ responses to Information Requests from the Joint Review Panel related to geochemistry, analytic methods for porewater characterization, gas generation and the safety case/safety assessment;
- to assist CNSC staff in addressing issues raised in interventions submitted to the Panel and in addressing additional requests from Panel during the public hearings, as required.