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1 Trip Report WASSC 33 th Regular Session 2-5 July 2012, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna Meeting Objectives: WASSC( Waste Safety Standard Committee) is the committee of member states and NGO to approve all waste related IAEA standards before final approval by Board of Publication Committee and publication. It also approves all DDP (document development proposals) before starting work. Body of report: General: Partly held as joint meeting with NUSSC Agenda of the meeting- please see attachment Presentations are published under Major issues: Presentation on the Status of the Fukushima Daiichi NPP's, including regulatory and decommissioning/remediation matters report Mr S. Maki,Mr K. Oue- gives an good overview about the situation of nuclear energy in Japan Nuclear Security Committee is established - Mr I. Barraclough is Secretary of Nuclear Security Guidance Committee (NSGC)- currently cooperation AdSec with Committee of Safety Standard Committees is under development. The idea is to establish NSGC on the same level as the Safety Standard Committees. In May 2012 MS nominated members- currently 40 members states- next meeting NGO shall be invited as observers before December meeting DS458: Radiation Safety and Regulatory Control for Consumer Products may be of interest for ISSPA members (please see: W.9.4 DS458 Draft Safety Guide_Gusev at the web page.) Other issues: Meeting with Brian Waud regarding source security working group- present intension is to hold a technical meeting (understood as a working group meeting) November political discussions about the terms of references and the purpose ongoing also with the missions of member states in Vienna (group to coordinate bilateral work vs. group to support an internationally harmonized approach to source security 1

2 Conclusions /proposals for ISSPA Manifest interest of ISSPA to participate in the NSGC as observer. This status may give ISSPA a better access to the development security policies for sources than the source security working group Wolfgang Fasten wolfgang.fasten@ezag.com 2012 July 30 Attachment 2

3 WASSC33 Final Agenda 2012 July 33rd Meeting of the Waste Safety Standards Committee (WASSC) 4-5 July 2012, Vienna Press Briefing Room (M Building) FINAL AGENDA 9:00 Wednesday, 4 July 2012 OPENING OF WASSC M. Vesterlind (SH-WES) W.1. MEETING W.2. Chairman s remarks W.3. W.4. Adoption of agenda for the WASSC Meeting Report from 32nd meeting For approval For approval W.5. W.6. W.7. W.7.1 W.8. W.8.1 W.9. Status of actions arising from WASSC32 Administrative arrangements for the meeting Waste Safety Standards status and future steps Discussion on strategies for review of Safety Guides in light of Fukushima accident DS 468 DPP for a SG on Remediation process for areas with residual radioactive material For discussion & WASSC Members REVIEW OF DOCUMENT PREPARATION PROFILES (DPPS) For approval for submission to CSS Mr G. Proehl PROGRESS REPORTS ON DOCUMENTS UNDER DEVELOPMENT W9.1. DS357 Draft Safety Guide: Monitoring and Surveillance of Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities W9.2. DS427 Draft Safety Guide on Radiological Environmental Impact Analysis Mr K. Moeller Mr G. Proehl 3

4 for Facilities and Activities W9.3 DS442 Draft Safety Guide Regulatory Control of Radioactive Discharges to the Environment and the revision of the Safety Report Series No 19 W9.4 DS458 Draft Safety Guide on Radiation Safety and Regulatory Control for Consumer Products Mr V Berkovskyy Mr I. Gusev W.10. W.10.1 W.10.2 W.10.3 W.10.4 W.10.5 W :00 Thursday, 5 July 2012 W.11. W.12. Activities in WES in relation to the Nuclear Safety Action Plan The Role of Optimization in Remediation and Rehabilitation report of discussions at RASSC Feedback on the stress-test conducted for the CLAB facility Feedback from WATEC and WTS Feedback on a CSM on Human action and intrusion in disposal facilities Feedback on a CSM on a tool for peer review in Waste Management Feedback from WASSC members on implementation of IAEA Safety Standards W12.1 Recent EU activities on spent fuel and GENERAL SESSION M. Vesterlind Mr T.Colgan Mr B. Hedberg Ms I. Mele Ms Y. Kumano Mr G. Bruno WASSC Members Reports from International Organizations Ms C.Necheva Ms V. Ranguelova 4

5 radioactive waste management W12.2 Recent ENISS activities SPESS and Step-by- W.13. Step Manual: Familiarization Conclusions of the session W.14. P. Nocture Mr D. Delattre W.15. Closure of WASSC meeting Mr M. Vesterlind W.16. Dates of future meetings 24th TRANSSC July st CSS meeting 9-11 October th TRANSSC 29 October - 2 November rd RASSC November th WASSC November th NUSSC November th WASSC 1-5 July th WASSC (TBD) November

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