Working Group 3

Reference Models for Waste Disposal

Objectives

The Working Group worked towards the development of reference modelling approaches for assessing the radiological impact due to hypothetical releases of radionuclides from waste disposals to the biosphere. Since such events may occur only in the far future, the models needed to address possible modifications of the exposure conditions due to changes of climate, land use, human habits and agricultural practices. The aim was to provide a set of reference models that cover a wide range of environmental situations.

Documents

• First Working Group Meeting held from 19 to 23 January 2009, IAEA headquarters, Vienna:
  
  Minutes; Presentation 1; Presentation 2; Presentation 3; Presentation 4; Work Plan
  
• Second Working Group Meeting held from 25 to 29 January 2010, IAEA headquarters, Vienna:
  
  Minutes; Participants List; Presentations: BIOMOSA Project;
  Calculation Results; Germany; BIOCLIM and BIOPROTA;
  Credible Dose Model; Radionuclide Transport;
  Human Behaviour Assumptions; Deep Geological Disposal
  
  
• Third Working Group Meeting held from 5 to 7 October 2010, Helmholtz-Zentrum, Munich, Germany:
  
  Minutes; Presentations: Effect of Climate Change;
  Progress Subgroup 3; Spanish Climate Conditions;
  Work Plan Version 2
  
  
• Fourth Working Group Meeting held from 24 to 28 January 2011, IAEA Headquarters, Vienna:
  
  Minutes
  
  
• Fifth Working Group Meeting held from 21 to 23 September 2011, Best Western Hotel Du Parc, Baden, Switzerland:
  
  Minutes; Presentation: Biosphere Assessment
  

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Contacts

• Working Group Leader: Mr Tobias Lindborg, Swedish Nuclear Fuel & Waste Management Company (SKB), Sweden
• Scientific Secretary: Mr Gerhard Proehl, IAEA, Department of Nuclear Safety and Security