Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, Denmark National Report

Denmark signed the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management 29 September 1997, the day it opened for signature. The Convention was accepted 3 September 1999 by letter from the Foreign Ministry to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Until further notice the Convention does not apply for the autonomous territories Greenland and the Faroe Islands, which both do not possess spent nuclear fuel or radioactive waste. The present report is the Danish National Report for the Second Review Meeting to the Convention. The second review meeting takes place 15 – 26 May 2006 at IAEA, Vienna. As described in the Guidelines regarding the Form and Structure of National Reports, (INFCIRC/604, 1 July 2002) duplication within the reporting, including duplication from former reports, should be avoided. Consequently, Denmark has decided in this report only to report what is considered highlights and new developments since the National Report from the first review meeting in 2003. The present report also includes a response to issues raised in the Rapporteur’s Report for Denmark. Where there is no new development since the 2003 reporting, we have referred to the National Report from 2003. The main text of the National Report from 2003 is attached as Annex A. The highlights are briefly described below, whereas a more detailed description can be found under Sections B-K. The report is prepared by the National Institute of Radiation Hygiene under the National Board of Health, in co-operation with Danish Decommissioning and the Nuclear Division under the Danish Emergency Management Agency. It is con- cluded in the report that Denmark meets all obligations of the Convention.