Radioactive Waste Management Committee

The Radioactive Waste Management Committee is an international committee made up of senior representatives from regulatory authorities, radioactive waste management agencies policy making bodies and research and development institutions. Its purpose is to foster international co-operation in the management of radioactive waste and radioactive materials amongst the OECD member countries. The main tasks of the RWMC are:

to constitute a forum for the exchange of information and experience on waste management policies and practices in NEA Member countries;
to develop a common understanding of the basic issues involved, and to promote the adoption of common philosophies of approach based on the discussion of the various possible waste management strategies and alternatives;
to keep under review the state-of-the-art in the field of radioactive waste and materials management at the technical and scientific level;
to contribute to the dissemination of information in this field through the organisation of specialist meetings and publication of technical reports and consensus statements summarising the results of joint activities for the benefit of the international scientific community, competent authorities at national level and other audiences generally interested in the subject matter;
to offer, upon request, a framework for the conduct of international peer review of national activities in the field of radioactive waste management, such as R&D programmes, safety assessments, specific regulations, etc.

In the fulfilment of its responsibilities, the Radioactive Waste Management Committee works in close co-operation with the Committee on Radiation Protection and Public Health (CRPPH), the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) and the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) and with other NEA Committees as appropriate.

The Regulators in the RWMC meet regularly in the Regulators' Forum (RWMC-RF)

RWMC working parties

Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC)

Integration Group for the Safety Case of Radioactive Waste Repositories (IGSC)

IGSC Working Group on the Characterisation, the Understanding and the Performance of Argillaceous Rocks as Repository Host Formations (Clay Club)

Regulators' Forum (RWMC RF)

Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD)

WPDD Decommissioning Cost Estimation Group (DCEG)

OECD Joint Projects Related to Radioactive Waste Management

The International Co-operative Programme on Decommissioning (CPD)

Sorption Project

TDB Project

Radioactive Waste Management Committee

RWMC working parties

OECD Joint Projects Related to Radioactive Waste Management

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