Sep 30 International expertise for long-term solution

An international professional group must advise Denmark in relation to a possible intermediate storage facility solution.

DDanish Decommissioning has invited four international experts to advise on the complementary studies of a Danish interim storage solution.

The international professional group consists of:

• Ewoud Verhoef (COVRA, the organisation behind Holland's long-term storage)
• Johan Swahn (Miljö organisations kärnavfallsgranskning, Sweden)
• Fredrik Vahlund (Swedish Kärnbränslehantering AB, Sweden)
• Trond Eivind Bøe (Institutt for Energiteknikk, Norway)

The group's first task is to comment on the interim report that Danish Decommissioning received from COWI A/S in August, on the safety, operation and economics of an interim storage solution. The interim report and the comments of the international experts will be discussed in detail at the next meeting of the Contact Forum on 14 October, where citizens' groups, municipalities and environmental organisations will be represented.

In the coming months, the international technical group will comment on the overall report prepared by Danish Decommissioning and the National Geological Surveys for Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) on the safety, operation, economics and siting criteria for an interim storage solution. The full report is expected to be submitted to the Minister of Education and Research by the end of 2016.