Organizational Structure

The organization for the DECOVALEX project is set up as shown below. The project consists of a number of nuclear waste management organizations and regulatory authorities, who jointly support the project (for a given project phase) and provide funding to their own research teams working on the problems defined in the project. Representatives from the funding organizations form a Steering Committee to direct all project activities. The Steering Committee is assisted by a managing participant for managing the project economy, and a Secretariat provided by Quintessa Ltd, UK, for all administrative and technical matters. The current funding organizations in DECOVALEX-2023 are:

• Andra: National Radioactive Waste Management Agency, France
• BASE: Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management, Germany
• BGE: Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal, Germany
• BGR: Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Germany
• CAS: State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
• CNSC: Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Canada
• COVRA: Centrale Organisatie Voor Radioactief Afval, Netherlands
• DOE: Department of Energy, USA
• ENRESA: Empresa Nacional de Residuos Radiactivos, Spain
• ENSI: Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate, Switzerland
• JAEA: Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan
• KAERI: Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute, Republic of Korea
• NWMO: Nuclear Waste Management Organization, Canada
• RWM: Radioactive Waste Management, UK
• SSM: Swedish Radiation Safety Authority, Sweden
• SURAO: Radioactive Waste Repository Authority, Czech Republic
• Taipower: Taiwan Power Company, Taiwan