Collection and sharing of data and experience from EC-funded decommissioning projects

The European Commission's Fourth Framework Programme (1994-1998) an Nuclear Fission Safety includes the funding of projects relevant to the decommissi oning of nuclear installations. The objectives of the programme for decommi ssioning are (a) to continue the development of technology (b) to collect and analyse relevant data, to test and evaluate strategies a nd techniques and to stimulate the exchange of information and experience. Objective (b) involves related projects aimed at collecting and analysing d ata from past, current and future EC programmes and making them understanda ble and readily available in databases as well as studying how these and ot her databases might be integrated in a decommissioning strategic planning t ool (SPT). This aims to assist EU organizations in making strategic choices far optimizing decommissioning programmes. This paper gives an update on d atabase work, a progress report on the development of an EU access network and work on the standardization of cost item definitions. Progress an the S PT study is reviewed.