Activities
of the IAEA Contact Expert Group
(CEG)Oleg Goroshko
Executive Secretary of CEG
23 November 2009
Evolution of CEG
• CEG established in 1996 on the initiative of Hans Blix to address nuclear legacy issues in Russia
• Nordic states created CEG; other countries joined later
• IAEA provides Secretariat for CEG, CEG members elect Chairman
• 2002 G8 Global Partnership Initiative against the spread of weapons and materials of mass destruction – merged national programmes for remediation, safety and security, and provided good funding.
• CEG members are directors or top managers of national GP programmes
CEG members: 13 states and three organisations
Belgium
Canada
Finland
France
Germany
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
Norway
Russia
Sweden
United Kingdom
USA
European Commission
EBRD
ISTC
Scope of work of CEG members in North-West and Far East of Russia
• SNF from submarines and surface ships: storage and removal for reprocessing •RW from Navy activities: treatment, storage, disposal (removal of SNF from Gremikha)• Decommissioned submarines and surface ships: defueling, decontamination, dismantlement, storage of reactor compartments and contaminated units. (190 submarines dismantled)• RTGs: replacement, dismantling, storage of heat sources.• Remediation of former navy bases (Andeeva and Gremikha).
CEG work: meetings and workshops
• Provide a forum for managers of GP programmes• Discuss progress of bilateral and multilateral
projects• Assist coordination between national programmes • Exchange of experience and best practice• Identify missing points and overlaps• Ensure that the agreed priorities are properly
addressed• Discuss future initiatives and programmes • Help CEG members to start new projects. • Meetings in the margins
Examples of CEG initiatives
• Initiative to create the Strategic Master Plan for remediation of NW Russia
• Creation of working groups on specific projects: Andeeva Bay, Gremikha and RTGs (Lepse in future)
• MNEPR agreement - creation of a legal base of cooperation
• Recently helped France to make decision on construction of a hot cell at Mayak
CEG Workshops to highlight specific issues
• Strategy for RW management in the North-West
• Decommissioning RTGs
• Disposal of RW and SNF
• Regulatory and Licensing Issues of SNF and RW management
• Operation of the Mayak SNF reprocessing plant
CEG meetings and workshops in 2010
• Problems of Removal of SNF and RW from Andreyava Bay and their Solutions; Sunken Facilities with SNF in the Arctic Ocean - Problems and Possible Solutions (Netherlands, 24-26 February 2010).
• Planning for the Final Elimination of the Nuclear Legacy in the Far East (Vladivostok, Russia, May 2010).
• 24th Plenary Meeting (Canada, September 2010)
Future
• Completion of GP in 2012 and preparation to its extension (Summit in Canada 2010)
• CEG assistance may expand to other countries. (CEG meeting in Ottawa in 2010)
• More security related issues under CEG consideration