Revision of Safety Requirements for Predisposal Management of Radioactive Waste at 46th TRANSSC
The 46th Transport Safety Standard Committee addresses the revision of GSR Part 5 concerning the predisposal management of radioactive waste. This update aims to harmonize safety requirements with current standards and establish protocols for the safe handling of all types of radioactive waste. The scope covers facilities and activities from waste generation to disposal, emphasizing protection of workers, the public, and the environment.
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46th Transport Safety Standard Committee (TRANSSC) 5 - 9 June 2023 Agenda Item 2.2 DPP DS548 for a Safety Requirements on Predisposal Management of Radioactive Waste (revision of GSR Part 5) For approval Gerard Bruno Head, Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel Management Uni Waste and Environmental Safety Section
Objective GSR Part 5, Predisposal Management of Radioactive Waste, was published in 2009 Since the publication of GSR Part 5: Progress made and experience gained by Member States in the predisposal management of radioactive waste and the evolution of the IAEA Safety Standards Series publications GSR Part 5 needs harmonization with all the current General Safety Requirements publications, such as IAEA Safety Standards Series Nos GSR Part 1 (Rev. 1), GSR Part 2, GSR Part 3, GSR Part 4 (Rev. 1), GSR Part 6, and GSR Part 7. In addition, the publications of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) have evolved since GSR Part 5 was issued in 2009 The proposed publication is a revision of the existing publication, it will update the requirements, as necessary, and add any new requirements, as appropriate. It will establish requirements for the predisposal management of all types of radioactive waste to ensure the safety of the predisposal radioactive waste management facilities and activities in respect of the protection of workers, the public and the environment. 2
Scope Apply to all facilities and activities related to predisposal management of radioactive waste, covering all steps from waste generation up to disposal, including processing (pretreatment, treatment, and conditioning), storage, and transport Apply to all types of radioactive waste that may arise from the commissioning, operation and decommissioning of nuclear facilities, the use of radionuclides in medicine, industry, agriculture, research, and education, radioactive waste generated in a nuclear or radiological emergency, the processing of materials that contain naturally occurring radionuclides, and the remediation of contaminated areas including spent nuclear fuel declared as radioactive waste and disused sealed radioactive sources declared as radioactive waste
Overview 1.INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background 1.2 Objective 1.3 Scope 1.4 Structure 2.PROTECTION OF HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE PREDISPOSAL MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE 2.1.Radioactive waste management 2.2.Radiation protection 2.3.Environmental Protection 3.RESPONSIBILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PREDISPOSAL MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE 3.1General 3.2Responsibilities of the government 3.3Responsibilities of the regulatory body 3.4Responsibilities of licensees and operating organizations 3.5Approach to safety 4.STEPS IN THE PREDISPOSAL MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE 4.1General 4.2Generation of radioactive waste 4.3Processing of radioactive waste 4.4Storage of radioactive waste 4.5Radioactive waste acceptance criteria 5.DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF PREDISPOSAL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES 5.1General 5.2Approach to safety in predisposal management of radioactive waste 5.3Development and operation of predisposal radioactive waste management facilities 5.4Other provisions (system of accounting for and control of nuclear material, Existing facilities) 6.REFERENCES 7.CONTRIBUTORS TO DRAFTING AND REVIEW
Planned Schedule STEP 1: Preparing a DPP STEP 2: Internal review of the DPP (Approval by the Coordination Committee) STEP 3: Review of the DPP by the review Committee(s) (Approval by review Committee(s)) STEP 4: Review of the DPP by the CSS (approval by CSS) or information of the CSS on the DPP STEP 5: Preparing the draft publication STEP 6: First internal review of the draft publication (Approval by the Coordination Committee) STEP 7: First review of the draft publication by the review Committee(s) (Approval for submission to Member States for comments) STEP 8: Soliciting comments by Member States STEP 9: Addressing comments by Member States STEP 10: Second internal review of the draft publication (Approval by the Coordination Committee) STEP 11: Second review of the draft publication by the review Committee(s) (Approval of the draft) STEP 12: (For Safety Standards) Editing of the draft publication in MTCD and endorsement of the draft publication by the CSS (For nuclear security guidance) DDG s decision on whether additional consultation is needed, establishment by the Publications Committee and editing STEP 13: Approval by the Board of Governors (for SF and SR only) STEP 14: Target publication date DONE March 2023 Q2 2023 Q4 2023 Q4 2023/Q4 2024 Q1 2025 Q2/Q3 2025 Q4 2025 Q1 2026 Q2 2026 Q4 2026 Q2 2027 2027 2028
Comments 54 Comments received from all committees 33 accepted (20 +13) 21 rejected
Canada Table of content: Recommend including a subsection in proposed section 4 on the Transport of radioactive waste . Response: the actual version of the publication does not have any sub section on transport which is specifically addressed in the corresponding relevant SR publication Table of content: Recommend including a subsection in proposed section 4 on the Handling of radioactive waste . Response: Handling is referred to in several places in the current version of GSR Part 5. Handling is not Per Se a step in the management of RW but a component in all the steps. At this pointy a dedicated sub section is not though to be necessary (as in existing GSR Part 5) but the drafting might consider it though
Comments France It could be envisaged also to include in the scope of GSR Part 5 the storage of orphan and/or disused sealed radioactive sources (even not declared as radioactive waste). At least, it could be mentioned that GSR Part 5 is also applicable to the storage of orphan and disused radioactive sources It could be indicated in the DPP DS 548 that the publication is also applicable to the management of radioactive materials which are candidate for clearance until these materials are released from regulatory controls. Response: this publication clearly and only addresses Radioactive waste. Any material not considered as RW do not fall in its scope. A broader discussion could take place at the SSC on where this should be addressed
Comments Ukraine The tentative contents for the proposed publication is too brief. The list of issues that will be considered in each Chapter of GSR Part 5 needs to be detailed Response: Too early. The revision concerns the whole publication. The DPP gives general points that will be addressed but this is not meant to be neither exhaustive nor comprehensive It is desirable to add after Section 2 a new Section Management system for the predisposal management of radioactive waste Response: The current version of GSR part 5 addresses Management system in section 3.5 under integrated approach to safety Include in Section 4 a new subsection in which aspects of the integrated process of radioactive waste management should be considered, including the issues of waste characterization and classification. Response: these aspects are already addressed in Section 4.1 in the existing publication
Comments Ukraine subsection in which the requirements concerning development of safety case of activities and facilities for predisposal radioactive waste management and performing a corresponding safety assessment should be established. Response: in section 5 of existing publication requirements 13, 14, 15 and 16 are already addressing those topics Germany It would be helpful if the current names of the documents were mentioned, e.g. in the form of the proposed additions Response: Usual template, according to the development process of safety standards, including DPPs (SPESS) has been followed
Comments The publication will apply to all facilities and activities related to radioactive waste management, covering all steps from waste generation up to disposal, including processing (pretreatment, treatment, and conditioning), storage, and transport inside as well as transport outside the facility. Response: Not really needed at this point. The DPP refers to transport in general which includes all aspects. Transport is addressed in specific dedicated publication (SSR-6). Israel The safety requirements for the different steps in the lifecycle of the facility is missing Response: Steps in the lifecycle of facilities is already in section 5.2 Pakistan (TRANSSC) Justification provided gives no idea that what new requirements/ areas will be included in the revised version of GSR Part 5 Response: Too early, the drafting of the document has not started.
Comments Japan From the definition of predisposalmanagement, transport is covered as mentioned in the first paragraph of Section 5. Clarify whether transport is addressed in this proposed publication and add the item to table of contents if necessary? Response: Transport is addressed in dedicated publications, the proposed publication will refer to the appropriate publication(s) on transport Iran This DPP is too general and the DPP template is not followed. Response: Usual template, as indicated by SPESS process has been followed. Internal approval has been given Finland Would section 3.5 also cover safeguards? Response: safeguards (or rather system of accounting for and control of nuclear materials is addressed in the section otherprovision under requirement 21
Comments Argentina Needs clarification and more information on how predisposal of spent fuel and disused sources declared as radioactive waste will be addressed Response: as indicated in the DPP, all RW are concerned including SF and DSRS when declared as RW. Characterization of radioactive waste should be included Response: As in the actual version of the document characterization sits in the section Generation of RW which contains 2 requirements: RW generation and control and characterization and classification of RW. The structure a priori remains the same at this point
Comments Russia In Background section of DPP, delete the List of SSs as non-informative (obsolete) or indicate the new title of the SSs which were superseded. Response: usual template has been used according to SPESS process. Reference is made to the Standards used at the time of drafting of GSR Part 5 (new names could be mentioned though) It would be helpful to identify the key areas and aspects subjected to revision Response: Not at this point , this is only the DPP. Justification is given in the corresponding section, the whole document is a priori concerned , the drafting will consider them all. The reference of WS-G-6.1 has been included in the subject DPP as interface document. However, WS-G-6.1 is under revision and at DPP stage (same stage as of GSR Part 5). Therefore, it is suggested that revised guide number instead of WS-G-6.1 along with under revision may be mentioned (DS526) Response: DPP for revision of WS-G-6.1 has not yet been approved.
Comments Pakistan The reference of WS-G-6.1 has been included in the subject DPP as interface document. However, WS-G-6.1 is under revision and at DPP stage (same stage as of GSR Part 5). Therefore, it is suggested that revised guide number instead of WS-G-6.1 along with under revision may be mentioned (DS526) Response: DPP for revision of WS-G-6.1 has not yet been approved Sections 4.1 Generation of radioactive waste and 4.4 Radioactive waste acceptance criteria are not the steps of Predisposal Management of Radioactive Waste as per definition of Predisposal Management referred in IAEA Glossary 2022. Although both the contents are very much important and should be the part of this standard however, these contents may be described separately. Further, content 4.4 Radioactive waste acceptance criteria can be addressed after section 5.2 Development of predisposal radioactive waste management facilities . Response: DS548 is a revision of GSR Part 5; it keeps so far the structure of the initial publication. It is too early at the DPP level to modify the structure while the drafting has not started.
Conclusion Request Committee to proceed to next step
