

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