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Nuclear Transparency Watch was actively involved in the EURAD-2 annual event held in Dublin (8.-10. September 2026), highlighting the critical role of Civil Society (CS) and next-generation perspectives in radioactive waste management.

Key highlights of our participation and contribution:

PEP Climate Session: introduction led by Yves Lheureux and Kevin Deniset, followed by a hands-on session of the Pathway Evaluation Process (PEP Climate) involving over 30 participants in interactive discussions.
Civil Society Engagement: active participation of CS experts, ensuring that independent expertise and public perspective remain central to EURAD-2 governance and discussions.
Brilliant presentation by Tim Knowles during the morning session titled “Closing the Fuel Cycle and Enabling a Circular Economy:
Myth or Opportunity?”
Next-Generation Perspectives: participation in the panel dedicated to the role of young generations within EURAD, addressing how to empower early-career profiles and enhance their involvement (illustrated by Anne-Charlotte’s graphic facilitation).

A big thank you to all participants, moderators, and CS experts for these constructive exchanges !

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EURAD-2 is following the EURAD-1 (2019 to 2024) EU programme.

2nd CLIMATE WP workshop 🗓 28-29 January 2026

On 📆 28-29th January 🔎 Nuclear Transparency Watch has organized a workshop at the Université de Liège 🇧🇪 in the frame of the European Joint Programme on Radioactive Waste Management 🇪🇺 EURAD-2 to focus on impact of climate change on nuclear waste management.

The workshop started by a technical visit of HADES underground laboratory 🔬, at the SCK CEN site in Mol. Here, 225 meters below ground in the Boom clay, scientist have been conducting research into the geological disposal of long-lived and/or high-level waste ☢️🛢️ for 40 years.

Then some innovative methods of interaction were proposed:
👉 the PEP (Pathway Evaluation Process) tool of dialogue dedicated to climate change impacts on RWM (read more about this tool here).
👉 a World Café ☕ discussion.

Finally, two sessions tackled the following topics:
👉 public participation in processes on climate change impacts.
👉 a session on recommendations for future research

2nd « Interaction with Civil Society » (ICS) workshop 🗓 26-27 January 2026

On 📆 26-27th January 🔎 Nuclear Transparency Watch has organized a workshop at the Université de Liège 🇧🇪 in the frame of the European Joint Programme on Radioactive Waste Management 🇪🇺 EURAD-2 to focus on interactions with the civil society members involved.

The following topics discussed were the following:
👉 Alternative radioactive waste management strategies
👉 Impact of climate change on nuclear waste management
👉 Waste management for Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and future fuels
👉 High-level waste repository optimisation including closure
👉 Evaluation of the interaction with civil society activities

1st FORSAFF WP seminar 🗓23-24 April 2025

Small Modular Reactors waste🛢️☢️ were addressed during the FORSAFF seminar 1 from 23-24 April 2025 🗓 at the ASNR‘ facility in Fontenay-aux-Roses 🇫🇷 gathering around 50 participants in person or online.

This Work Package dedicated to Small Modular Reactors waste 🛢️☢️ had 2 objectives:
• to identify stakeholder perceptions and concerns related to SMR waste management and develop recommendations for transparent information exchange and dialogue including improving communication with the public.
• to discuss on topic “Policy and Regulatory Framework” with challenges posed to existing policies and regulations by introduction of SMRs and associated spent fuel and radioactive wastes.

A good part of the seminar was dedicated to civil society concerns with some time for working groups exchanging on different challenging cases.

1st CLIMATE WP workshop 🗓 26-27 March 2025

Radioactive waste 🛢️☢️ and climate change impacts 🔥 🌊 were addressed during the 1st Climate workshop from 26-27 March 2025 🗓 at the Mines’ facility in Fontainebleau. A technical visit focusing on climate change impacts in Nemours 🇫🇷 (CEREEP center) launched this event.

Presentation, analysis, cross-study of keynote papers prepared by different waste management actors, including civil society, helped the 41 participants in elaborating shared viewpoints and outcomes regarding the prior topics to be considered.