Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit mbH

GRS is Germany’s central scientific-technical expert organisation for nuclear safety and waste management. It acts as independent expert to the Federal Government. The Final Repository Safety Research Division in Braunschweig performs long-tern safety analyses and conducts corresponding research and development work. The Final Disposal Department of the Waste Management Division performs work for the German regulator including the development of regulations and guidelines, technical support to licensing authorities and independent regulatory safety assessments.
www.grs.de

Empresa Nacional de Residuos Radioactivos S.A.

ENRESA, the Spanish radioactive waste management agency, has a large experience in RTD activities linked with the safety assessment of geological repositories. ENRESA has been involved in S.A. research, within EU 3rd, 4th and 5th FP’s. The issues under study relate with a large spectrum of S.A. issues up to total system performance assessment exercises.
www.enresa.es

Agence Nationale pour la Gestion des Déchets Radioactifs

Andra is the French radioactive waste management organization. It designs and implements disposal solutions suited to each category of nuclear waste. Andra has experience in site characterization, R&D in laboratories and URLs, performance assessment and safety case, and specifically on clay rock concepts for spent fuel and long lived radioactive waste. Furthermore, it manages the Meuse/Haute Marne URL.
www.andra.fr

Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique

The CEA is the French Atomic Energy Commission (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique). It is a public body, government-funded, technological research organisation. Among other research activities, the CEA is involved in an important and comprehensive research programme on nuclear wastes. The CEA is working on final waste containment systems to reduce waste volume and perform long-term modelling work on disposal materials to demonstrate system integrity in the very long term. The CEA is carrying out complementary studies on the chemical partitioning of minor actinides and their transmutation, with the aim of reducing radio-toxicity and lifetime. The CEA contributes actively on geological disposal research.
www.cea.fr

Institute de Radioprotection et de Sureté Nucléaire

IRSN carries out research and technical appraisal within the fields of nuclear safety, protection against ionising rays, the control and protection of nuclear materials and protection against acts of malevolence. Regarding the management of radioactive waste, IRSN performs assessment of technical files related to deep geological issues in support of the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN). To back up its assessment, IRSN develops safety approaches, experiments and numerical modelling aiming, on the one hand, at quantifying physical processes and interactions possibly occurring in an underground repository and, on the second hand, at quantifying confinement capabilities of the different barriers.
www.irsn.fr

Nationale Instelling voor Radioactief afval en verrijkte splijtstoffen

ONDRAF/NIRAS is the organisation responsible for all activities related to radioactive waste management in Belgium, including inventorying the waste, waste transport, waste processing and conditioning, interim storage and disposal.
www.nirond.be

Studiecentrum voor Kernenergie - Centre d'Etude de l'Energie Nucléaire

SCK•CEN is the Belgian nuclear research centre. Its Waste&Disposal Department carries out research on disposal of high-level and long-lived radioactive waste in clay layers since 1976. The Section Performance Assessments has been involved from 1983 up to now in almost all EC projects related to performance assessments and is the main partner of the Belgian waste management organisation ONDRAF/NIRAS for safety studies of radioactive waste disposal systems. The section consists of a strongly complementary multi-disciplinary team of 9 experts in performance assessments.
www.sckcen.be

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

NDA is the organisation responsible for supporting UK Government policy by developing and advising on safe, environmentally sound and publicly acceptable options for the long-term management of radioactive materials in the UK. To achieve this NDA carries out scientific, engineering and social science research; sets specifications and standards based on a phased deep geological repository concept on how to treat and package radioactive waste; and maintains an inventory of radioactive waste in the UK (in conjunction with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs).
www.nda.gov.uk

Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group

NRG is the main organisation in the Netherlands concerned with nuclear-related research and operates two research reactors, hot-cell facilities, dedicated laboratories. NRG has broad experience in performing PA studies and safety assessments in various stages of the waste management and disposal process, such as generic studies for the Dutch national research programme (rock salt and clay) up to PA’s and PA-reviews for licensing purposes of existing disposal sites, both for the implementer and the licensing authorities.
www.nrg-nl.com

European Commission Joint Research Centre Petten

The JRC’s Institute for Energy is part of the Directorate General Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. Its mission is to provide scientific and technical support for the conception, development, implementation and monitoring of community policies related to energy. The Nuclear Safety Unit of this institute deals with problems related to the feasibility and safety assessment of High Level Waste Repositories, paying special attention to methodological problems related to the treatment of uncertainties in a probabilistic framework. Main areas of expertise are uncertainty assessment, uncertainty propagation, sensitivity analysis and expert judgment, among others.
JRC Homepage

Nuclear Research Institute Rez plc.

NRI is commercial research, development and engineering organisation in the Czech Republic acting in the area of development of nuclear power technologies, utilization of radionuclides and radiation in the industry and medicine, and with a role to undertake fundamental research to support the long-term management and disposal of radioactive wastes. The NRI Rez is a successor of the former organisation established in 1955 year as a part of base of the state Czechoslovak nuclear programme. NRI has about 860 employees, including 400 university graduates. In the area of radwaste management, the NRI Rez is very frequently contracted by RAWRA (state implementing organisation) and participates frequently also in the EC Framework Programmes (Bioclim, SPIN, REDIMPACT, NF-PRO, FUNMIG, etc.).
www.nri.cz

Nationale Genossenschaft für die Lagerung radioaktiver Abfälle

Nagra is responsible for preparing the scientific and technical basis for the safe disposal of all types of radioactive waste arising in Switzerland. Since it was founded by the Swiss electricity utilities and the Government in 1972, Nagra has developed into an internationally recognised centre of excellence in the field of nuclear waste management. Nagra's activities span the areas of waste characterisation, waste inventories, acquisition of field data required for site selection, repository design and safety analysis, performance assessment, design of deep geological repositories and design, as well as construction and operation of underground research facilities.
www.nagra.ch

Posiva Oy

Posiva Oy is a nuclear waste management company whose main task is the disposal of the spent uranium fuel of the Finnish nuclear power plants. Posiva started operations in the beginning of 1996 and is carrying out a research, development and technical design programme for disposal and later it will be in charge of constructing and operating the disposal facility in Finland. At present Posiva's main tasks are the characterisation of the bedrock in Olkiluoto and design and construction of the underground rock characterisation facility ONKALO. Posiva also offers consulting services in the field of nuclear waste management. Posiva is owned jointly by Teollisuuden Voima Oy (60%) and Fortum Power and Heat Ltd. (40%), the two nuclear operators in Finland.
www.posiva.fi

Technical Research Centre of Finland

VTT has a central role in Finnish nationally coordinated research and technology development programmes on nuclear power plant safety, nuclear waste management and fusion technology, as well as industry driven programmes in these topic areas. In this way VTT maintains a comprehensive up-to-date know-how, computer code system and experimental facilities for the design, safety analysis and operational support of nuclear power plants and waste management facilities. As an impartial research centre, VTT is the major technical support organisation for the utilities Fortum and TVO operating Finnish nuclear power plants, for the waste management company Posiva and for the safety authority STUK, and has also numerous contracts from foreign utility, industrial and regulatory customers.
www.vtt.fi

Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe

BGR, the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, is the main counselling authority of the German government in terms of geoscientific issues. It is subordinate to the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour. BGR has 750 employees, whereof approx. 100 are solely involved in radioactive waste disposal. BGR has gained experience in exploring existing and potential repository sites during decades, i.e. the Gorleben site (salt) and the Konrad ore-mine. Besides the site specific activities, BGR was and is engaged in numerous international research projects in different underground research laboratories, i.e. URLs Grimsel, Äspö (granite), Bure and Mont Terri (clay).
BGR Homepage

DBE Technology GmbH

DBE with headquarters in Peine, Germany, is a 100 % subsidiary of Deutsche Gesellschaft zum Bau und Betrieb von Endlagern für Abfallstoffe mbH (DBE), the company which is operating the three repository sites in Germany. DBE Technology concentrates and develops further DBE’s outstanding Know-how and project execution experience.
www.dbetec.de

Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH

The FZK is one of the largest non-commercial research institutions in Germany in the fields of technology and environment. The Institute for Nuclear Waste Management (INE) is performing R&D on safety of nuclear waste management.
www.fzk.de/ine

Galson Sciences Limited

GSL is an international consultancy specialising in risk and impact assessment and supporting studies; decommissioning and radioactive waste management including waste conditioning, packaging, transport, storage and disposal studies; geosciences; nuclear safety; and risk communication. GSLs experience includes participation in, and coordination of, EC projects, performance assessment studies for radioactive waste disposal facilities worldwide, and the organisation of international workshops.
www.galson-sciences.co.uk

University Claude Bernard Lyon

The ICJ (Camille Jordan Institute) depends of both the University of Lyon (UCBLyon1) and of the CNRS (french National Scientific Research Agency) and has a strong research program in mathematical modelling, with ties to environment, energy, ecosystems, mechanics, biology and medicine. Our group has an outstanding research reputation in the field of multiscale PDEs modelling and has obtained interesting results for complex flows in porous media (non Newtonian fluids, multiphases, adsorption desorption, inertial effects). Since the last 4 years we are member of the National Research Group GdR CNRS 2439 – Andra/BRGM/CEA/EDF (MoMaS). This research group (GdR MoMaS) is devoted to the Mathematical Modelling and numerical Simulations linked to nuclear waste management; and inside this GdR MoMaS, we are in charge of all the aspects of upscaling.
www.univ-lyon1.fr

Universidade da Coruña

This group is located at the Civil Engineering School of the University of A Coruña. The strength of this group is the development and application of sophisticated computer codes for coupled water flow, heat and multicomponent reactive nuclide and transport through porous and fractured media taking into account the role of microbial processes. Highly sophisticated numerical tools have been developed for the transport of multicomponent reactive chemical and microbial systems under transient, saturated or unsaturated, single or multi-phase nonisothermal flow conditions. Most recent developments account for multiphase non-isothermal reactive transport models (such as those used for FEBEX Project) and models which incorporate microbial processes which have been tested in the Redox Zone experiment of the Äspö site (Sweden).
www.udc.es

Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

The Universidad Politécnica de Valencia is a higher education public academic institution with more than 35000 students, 2200 academic staff members, and 1100 adminstrative staff members. It occupies a strong position in applied research with more than 30 research institutes that are heavily involved in technology transfer with companies. Its science park, the largest in the region and one of the largest in Spain, hosts research institutes and knowledge-based companies, it also hosts the hydrogeology group.
www.upv.es

AMPHOS 21

The AMPHOS 21 team has been contributing to R&D in European projects since the 1st FP. The team will have an important contribution in several activities of the project. Enviros is currently the Technical Secretariat of the 6th EC FP FUNMIG Integrated Project and was also the Technical Secretariat for the IAEA BIOMASS project on Reference Biospheres.
www.amphos21.com

Bel-V

Bel V is a subsidiary of the FANC (Federal Agency for Nuclear Control).
Bel V's basic role is to provide technical support to the FANC and is therefore the Belgian TSO (TSO = Technical Safety Organization). From 14th April 2008 Bel V has taken over the regulatory AVN activities and corresponding personnel in the field of control of the Belgian nuclear installations. It therefore continues to carry out surveillance activities of the Belgian nuclear installations within the frame of the Belgian laws and regulations, as well as verification of safety cases.
In the specific field of radioactive waste disposal, Bel V personnel is involved since many years in the review of the safety analysis performed by ONDRAF/NIRAS and their subcontractors (SCK°CEN) both for LLW (near-surface disposal) and I/HLW.
http://www.belv.be

Facilia

Facilia is a scientific consultant company active in the fields of environmental and health risk assessments, safety assessments in radioactive waste management and radiation protection. Facilia works closely with an international network of regulators, consultants and scientists.
www.facilia.se

Swedish Radiation Safety Authority

The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority is a managing authority under the Ministry of the Environment since 1 July 2008, with national collective responsibility within the areas of radiation protection and nuclear safety.
http://www.stralsakerhetsmyndigheten.se

AF-Colenco Ltd

AF-Colenco Ltd is a leading Swiss engineering company providing engineering services in all areas of energy and environmental technology. For more than 20 years, the Department of Groundwater Protection and Waste Disposal has focussed its services in the field of safety assessments for the geological disposal of radioactive waste with: hydraulic borehole testing and formation characterisation; hydrogeological modelling for siting purposes; analysis of potentially hazardous processes in the repository and its safety barriers; definition of FEPs and scenario development; numerical radiological safety assessment.
www.colenco.ch

Clausthal University of Technology

The Clausthal University of Technology has a long tradition and well established expertise in the fields of mining, materials, energy and process engineering. 90 professors and more than 400 researchers are involved in national and international research projects, which have an overall budget of 18 Mio. € per year. The Institute for Disposal Research (IELF) which was founded on August 1, 2007, is the only university institute in Germany dealing with the issue of disposal of radioactive waste in deep geologic formations in research and education in a comprehensive way. Interdisciplinary research concerning site characterisation, site investigation, geotechnical
barrier systems, and safety cases takes place in the areas of Geochemistry-mineralogy-salt deposits, Geomechanics, Hydrogeology and Hydrogeochemistry, Mineral resources and Repository systems.
http://www.tu-clausthal.de/