Decommissioning fundamentals

This course describes the general process of decommissioning and the main aspects of regulation.

Upon completion, participants will be able to:

• Identify the different techniques, processes, and methodologies used;
• Understand the requirements and the safety, security, environment, and radiation protection constraints.

Course content:

• Decommissioning/dismantling: regulation, French law on Nuclear Safety & Transparency (TSN law)
• Decommissioning process
• Physical and radiological inventory
• Decommissioning scenarios
• Evaluation of the costs of decommissioning projects
• Decommissioning waste
• Decontamination
• Mechanized operations
• Demolition of infrastructures
• Management of polluted soils
• Security: risk analysis, security documents
• Environment: releases, impact studies
• Radiation protection: risk analysis, ALARA approach
• Security: specific risks of dismantling