International Conference on Advancing the Global Implementation of Decommissioning and Environmental Remediation Programmes CN-238

APPLICATION OF THE IAEA DECOMMISSIONING RISK MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES DURING THE UPDATE AND REVIEW OF THE INITIAL DECOMMISSIONING PLAN OF THE SAFARI-1 RESEARCH REACTOR

25 May 2016, 09:00

9h

Madrid

Poster Technical and Technological Aspects of Implementing Decommissioning Programmes Session 4A - Poster

Speaker

Mr STEVEN DHLOMO (SOUTH AFRICAN NUCLEAR ENERGY CORPORATION)

Description

Risk management process is a matured process that has been widely applied in various industries. The application of this process in Decommissioning and Dismantling has been limited. In the past few years the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) launched a 4 year international project on Decommissioning Risk Management (DRiMa) with the objective of providing guidelines on how to implement risk management in decommissioning. This project was completed in 2015 and the outcomes are still in draft. The purpose of this paper is to report on the application of the DRiMa methodology during the review and update of the initial decommissioning plan of the Safari-1 research reactor. The successes and challenges experienced during the application of the risk management process will be shared.