EM senior leaders William “Ike” White and Jeff Avery joined officials from the United Kingdom and Canada on the margins of this year’s 2024 Waste Management Symposia.
Office of Environmental Management
March 19, 2024
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From left, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited President and CEO Fred Dermarkar, EM Senior Advisor William "Ike" White and United Kingdom Nuclear Decommissioning Authority CEO David Peattie focused on challenges and opportunities and how they can collectively leverage their global expertise for the cleanup of nuclear legacy sites during a meeting on the margins of the 2024 Waste Management Symposia. (Photos: Matt Roberts)
PHOENIX — EM senior leaders William “Ike” White and Jeff Avery joined officials from the United Kingdom and Canada on the margins of this year’s 2024 Waste Management Symposia.
The Trilateral Standing Committee Meeting with the United Kingdom Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) provided the space for the officials from the respective countries to discuss challenges and opportunities and how they can collectively leverage their global expertise for the cleanup of nuclear legacy sites.
The three parties have made great progress since signing a trilateral agreement in 2020. The primary areas of collaboration include stakeholder engagement, sustainability, in situ decommissioning, aging infrastructure management and workforce development.
In July last year, EM participated in a stakeholder engagement workshop with U.K. and Canadian partners, featuring presentations, roundtables, case studies and opportunities for local and other government agencies, and interest groups to share successes and challenges related to stakeholder engagement.
Additionally, an in situ decommissioning workshop was held in Canada in December. The workshop included subject matter experts from EM, NDA and AECL, as well as state and federal regulators from the three countries.
The trilateral group, EM, NDA and AECL, collaborates on the successful decommissioning and remediation of legacy nuclear sites and the safe management of their radioactive waste to ensure the protection of present and future generations and the environment in their respective countries.
This year’s symposium drew the largest international attendance the conference has seen, boasting participants from 30 countries to commemorate it’s 50-year anniversary.
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