RD&D will continue to be necessary to develop, maintain and consolidate knowledge throughout the stepwise development, operation and closure of disposal facilities, which will be spread over many decades and make this knowledge available to all end users. | EURAD the European Joint Programme for research on radioactive waste management between EU members states national programmes EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol. 6 21 2020 Nuclear Sciences M. Garcia et al. published by EDP Sciences 2020 amp Technologies https epjn 2019044 Available online at https REVIEW ARTICLE EURAD the European Joint Programme for research on radioactive waste management between EU members states national programmes Marie Garcia1 Tara Beattie2 and Stéphan Schumacher1 1 R amp D Department Andra 1-7 rue Jean Monnet 92298 Chatenay-Malabry France 2 MCM Environmental Services Ltd 1 Little King Street Bristol BS1 4HW UK Received 12 March 2019 Accepted 16 September 2019 Abstract. For more than 40 years considerable scientific and technical knowledge has been acquired in Europe in the field of radioactive waste management both for near-surface disposal and geological disposal. RD amp D will continue to be necessary to develop maintain and consolidate knowledge throughout the stepwise development operation and closure of disposal facilities which will be spread over many decades and make this knowledge available to all end users. Recently the EC has promoted a step-change in pan-European research cooperation between EU Member States national programmes by promoting the setting-up of inclusive research joint programmes in Europe gathering those organisations with scientific and technical responsibilities and a national mandate for research in radioactive waste management. Based on the positive achievement of the JOPRAD project 2015 2017 the EC confirmed in 2017 its willingness to co-fund such a Joint Programme in the field of RWM. The RWM community therefore pursued the efforts to establish the Founding Documents Vision Strategic Research Agenda Roadmap Deployment and a Work Plan for a first implementation phase of 5-years 2019 2024 . In June 2019 the Joint Programme EURAD was accepted by the European Commission. 1 Introduction successful
