Danish Decommissioning

Director: Steen Nordstrom

DD is a state-owned company, established in 2003, which is now part of the Ministry of Public Security and Emergency Management.

Our main tasks are:

To dismantle the six original nuclear facilities at Risø. The decommissioning must be done in a safe, environmentally sound and economically optimal way.

To receive, treat and store radioactive waste from Danish users of radioactive isotopes.

To participate in the process, which by 2073 must have led to a permanent solution for the radioactive waste. Until then, Danish Decommissioning must store the waste.

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Our activities are determined through:

Parliamentary resolution B 48 (2003)

Parliamentary resolution B 90 (2018)

Circular No 9261 (2022)

Conditions for operation & settlement (2022)

We are subject to supervision by The Danish Health Authority, Radiation Protection and by The Danish Emergency Management Agency. We have also established an external whistleblowing scheme where staff and regular partners can submit information on illegal or objectionable matters without fear of negative consequences.

The approximately 90 employees perform a variety of different and in some cases highly specialized tasks: decommissioning planning, plant dismantling, waste management, operation and maintenance, radiation protection of employees and surroundings, administration, etc. Some of the employees know the nuclear facilities from when they were in operation.

DD is organized into six units and a staff function. See organization chart here and more details below.

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We are divided into six units

Directorate (DIR)

Director: Steen Nordstrøm, Director of Radiation Protection, work environment & Quality: Mikkel Øberg and Technical Director: Kirsten Hjerrild Nielsen.
The latter, who is an engineer specializing in reactor technology and has practical experience from when Risø's reactors were in operation, also serves as DD's nuclear expert.

Administration (ADM)

Manager: Betina Lykke Nielsen. This unit supports the entire the organisation and solves cross-cutting tasks. In the unit are the functions:

HR
Jura Mountains
Communication
Strategic financial management
Information security
Economy
Procurement
Administrative operations
Secretary's office

Radiation protection, work environment & quality (SAK)

Manager: Lidia B. Kildentoft. Supports the entire the organisation by performing the following main tasks:

Radiation protection: advice, training, control/monitoring and emergency response
Operation of four laboratories as well as Waste Characterization (radiological and physicochemical) and continuous updating of our total waste inventory
Documentation and regulatory correspondence, including safety assessments and analyses
Contribute to identifying the need for research and development activities in relation to a final repository
Maintain our ISO 17025:2017 accreditation for waste release
Responsibility for sources in laboratories
Contribution to tasks in the field of safeguards of nuclear materials
Quality, ISO 9001, ISO 17025, KLS
Authority collaboration

Development (UDV)

Chief: Charlotte Hjorth. Handles technical development tasks related to new waste roads, upgraded storage facilities and new reception and handling facilities as well as tasks related to final final disposal and preparation of the waste for landfill:

The ongoing project to build a new, upgraded storage facility in collaboration with our advisors
Design/development of new facilities including waste management equipment
Strategic planning of waste processes towards final disposal, including characterisation, conditioning and volume reduction
Waste documentation
Documentation and regulatory correspondence related to the team's tasks

Planning (PLN)

Manager: Bjarne Hindborg Rasmussen. Carries out the planning, coordination, documentation of and regulatory correspondence related to the remaining decommissioning tasks:

DR 3
Hot Cells
The waste treatment plant and storage facilities

In addition, the unit is responsible for the coordination of waste reception, the handling facility and technical drawing machines.

Performing (UDF)

Manager: Kenn-Ulrik Brix Sørensen Responsible for:

Waste handling
Performing Decommissioning
Waste packaging

Security, emergency response, IT & facility management (SIF)

Manager: Niels Ebbesen. Responsible for

Drawings, work schedules, etc.
Electrical tasks
Technical guard function
Fuse protection
IT
Facility management

Danish Decommissioning values

We base our work on three fundamental values

Defensibility

Weset high safety and quality standards. We are aware that we work with radioactive materials and in areas where radiation can occur, and the working environment must be in order. We focus on acting responsibly in relation to the rest of society through safe handling of radioactive waste.

Development

Newtasks require new solutions. We continuously develop our employees' skills so that we have the best possible prerequisites for solving tasks responsibly. We continuously develop processes, methods, tools and facilities, and we learn from the best international experiences and share our own experiences.

Involvement

Wewant to be as open as possible about our tasks, both internally and externally. We are conscious of involving all relevant competencies in the task solution. We want to involve all relevant stakeholders in an active dialog process in connection with the development of a final repository solution for the radioactive waste.