Conference
International Conference on the Safety of Radioactive
Waste Disposal
3-7 October 2005
Tokyo, Japan
 
Organized by the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
 
in co-opration with the
European Commission (EC), and the
OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
 
and hosted by the
Government of Japan through the
Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA),
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI),
in cooperation with the Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization (JNES)
 
 
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVE
The objective of the Conference is to foster information exchange on the safety of radioactive waste disposal covering; the choice of appropriate waste disposal options, safety standards, safety cases for presenting safety arguments and demonstrating compliance with standards, safety assessment methodologies and their application, dealing with uncertainty, regulatory review and decision making, the derivation of limits, controls and conditions to be applied to the development and operation of disposal facilities to ensure safety and the communication of safety issues to all interested stakeholders and confidence development. The conference will consider all possible disposal options available, drawing from experience in Member Sates with near surface and geological disposal facilities and those at intermediate depths and giving consideration to any multilateral approach that may be adopted.
 
Please visit the following IAEA web site about Programme, Information on Logistics and Accommodations.
http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Meetings/Meetings2005.asp