Third International Conference on Nuclear Knowledge Management - Challenges and Approaches

Long-Term Information Management (LTIM) of Safeguards Data at Geological Repositories

9 Nov 2016, 09:15

15m

BoardRoom B/M1 (IAEA M-Building)

oral Track 4: Managing knowledge for decommissioning, environmental remediation and radioactive waste management projects, including in countries with phase-out plans Technical Session 7

Speaker

Ms Risa Haddal (Sandia National Laboratories)

Description

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has noted that long-term information management (LTIM) of safeguards data at geological repositories will be a significant challenge in the future as information and records management systems evolve and permanent disposal of nuclear materials becomes a high-priority in many countries. Identifying approaches to how information on buried high-level nuclear waste will be managed, handled, organized, archived, read, interpreted, and secured for the long-term (1,000 years after repository closure and beyond) will be key to safeguards at repositories). The purpose of this study is to explore various long-term information management systems and how they may or may not be adapted for geological repositories for high-level waste. The study will also examine what types of safeguards-related data should be included in such a system. The study will also consider hypotheses about future needs and analyze the pros and cons of very long-term information management.