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This is the website of the MoDeRn project, a platform to inform the public. You will find here information, news, status and public documents. Since MoDeRn is an ongoing project, the content of this website will be updated frequently.
The MoDeRn project aims at providing a reference framework for the development and possible implementation of monitoring activities and associated stakeholder engagement during relevant phases of the radioactive waste disposal process, i.e. during site characterisation, construction, operation and staged closure, as well as a post-closure institutional control phase.
The MoDeRn project is supported by co-funding from the European Atomic Energy Community's 7th Framework Programme (Activity area: "Management of radioactive waste"). This 4 years collaborative project (2009-2013) applies an interdisciplinary approach and brings together 18 partners from the European Union, the United States of America, Japan and Switzerland.
News
MoDeRn International conference and workshop, Luxembourg, 19-21 March 2013
The MoDeRn Project is pleased to announce the international conference and workshop Monitoring in Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste: "Objectives, strategies, technologies and public involvement". The objective of the conference is twofold:
- to present and discuss the results of the MoDeRn Project;
- to invite further contributions and provide a forum for discussion on how monitoring informs the disposal process, responds to regulatory requirements, and contributes to enhancing confidence in and acceptance of geological disposal of radioactive waste.
An associated workshop will provide an opportunity for further, in-depth discussions on the conference topics and to investigate whether a shared understanding of repository monitoring can be developed. The conference is organised by the MoDeRn EURATOM Project and the European Commission, with special support from the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency.
Detailed information concerning programme, registration, instructions for abstract/paper submission, transport and accommodation will be available through the conference website soon: www.modern-fp7.eu/Monitoring-GDRW-2013/