Co-operation in the development of a policy and strategy for the management of spent nuclear fuel (including provisions for its safe interim storage) and radioactive waste in Mexico
2013
The European Commission decided in 2010 to finance a project for providing
technical support for the definition and establishment of a national policy and
strategy for radioactive waste management in Mexico. The Project was in the
framework of the Nuclear Safety Co-operation Instrument (NSCI), a European
mechanism which finances measures to support a higher level of nuclear safety,
radiation protection and the application of efficient and effective safeguards of
nuclear materials in third countries. Eventually, the Project was awarded to a
Consortium made up by four Spanish companies, ENRESA, Empresarios Agrupados Internacional SA, Iberdrola Ingenieria SAU, Westinghouse Spain SAU, and
two foreign ones, COVRA NV and Belgoprocess NV. Both ENRESA and COVRA are
waste management agencies, the first responsible of these activities in Spain,
the second one in the Netherlands. ENRESA acts as the leader of the Consortium.
The Project started early in 2012 and will last until March 2015. All along this
period, the Mexican system for spent fuel and radioactive waste management
will be scrutinized and proposals made for its upgrading according to the best
international and European standards of safety and performance. A Policy and
Strategy document will be proposed, as well as significant improvements for the
different institutional layers, practices and elements of the Mexican system.
A total of 40 specialists are involved in the project of which 30 are Spaniards.
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