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4.3 Structure
The TP structure must allow a level of access to all committed participants – to allow open discussion
and exchange – but also provide a formal structure committed for efficient planning, management
and reporting of projects or activities.
The basic structure proposed for a TP includes:
A forum for exchange of information and discussion of RD&D needs, as well as results, in relation
to implementation of geological disposal.
A working programme controlled by an executive group that is supported by a secretariat.
Within the working programme would be:
Working groups with specified mandates related to the TP (e.g. development of the SRA, development
of supporting activities such as education and training).
Collaborative projects and activities following agreed work plans and objectives.
The structure must accommodate the needs and constraints of:
Organisations that are in charge of implementing disposal facilities and/or entrusted by their
Government with developing radioactive waste disposal solutions.
Research providers, with an interest in scientific co-operation as a means of providing input to
and gaining information from research programmes;
Other stakeholders with technical interests and concerns, for example, regulatory bodies, government
ministries and involved municipalities, with an interest in information from, and influencing,
European research programmes.
The proposed structure developed by the CARD participants is illustrated in Figure 1. This is a
simplified outline developed to promote feedback from interested parties at the open workshop.
The workshop participants were broadly satisfied that this is an adequate structure to act as a guide
for initial development of the TP. An early task for the executive group and secretariat would be to
review and add detail to this structure.
Fig. 1: Structure for the Technology Platform for RD&D for geological disposal.
A key issue in developing this structure is to determine the inputs that are required from different
types of organisations or organisations with different responsibilities, and how best these can be
made.
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