IDKM/EGSSC Digital Safety Case Methods and Development Workshop

The NEA Digital Safety Case Methods and Development Workshop will provide a forum for participants to discuss and review the opportunities presented by digital technology to realise additional benefits for the safety case of a geological disposal system.

The registration portal and further information can be found on the conference website.

The objectives of this workshop are to:

• share learning on the work currently being carried out in member states in digital safety cases for radioactive waste disposal;
• lay the groundwork to develop a common understanding of the opportunities, challenges and potential extent of a digital safety case (a ‘shared vision’) for radioactive waste disposal;
• discuss differences in the priorities made by different organisations that progressed Safety Case digitisation depending on the context under which they operate (e.g. stage of programme, quantity of existing records);
• establish a general guidance for member organisations to advance digitisation within their organisations; and
• inform the future work programme of EGSSC in 2023 and beyond.

Session 1 – Digitisation and digitalisation experiences

• Keynote presentations and panel discussion on digital technologies and approaches which could have applicability to safety cases for radioactive waste disposal

Session 2 – Projects and tools in member countries

• Presentations and panel discussions by RWMOs on current work on digital safety case tools and systems

Session 3 – Digitisation of the Safety Case

• Breakout sessions with open discussion followed by a summary in plenary to share and develop ideas on relevant topics
• Session 3a: Opportunities and challenges
• Session 3b: Implementation of digitisation

Session 4 – Summary of workshop conclusions and proposed forward work