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Environment and Waste Management (E&WM) Division

Mandate

a) Provide a means for promoting nuclear and environmental science and technology by organizing specialized programs to encourage the exchange of information among E&WM Division  members;

b) Encourage participation in programs of other learned societies to provide a forum for exchange of information in the interdisciplinary field of nuclear and environmental science and technology;

c) Propose conferences, workshops and seminars to be hosted solely by the CNS or co-hosted with other associations, and to assist conference organizing Committees in defining E&WM topics and speaker, and

d) To review CNS papers and talks within the E&WM area before presentation and/or publication, to ensure a high standard.

Programs

The Division tries to hold a major international conference once every three years.

The following are potential topics:

It also tries to organize a symposium or workshop once per year.  Potential topics are:

Past Conferences include:

International Conference on Deep Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste

The International Conference on Deep Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste, sponsored by the Canadian Nuclear Society, took place in Winnipeg on 1996 September 16-19.  The conference, which brought together 270 delegates from 20 countries involved in nuclear waste management, was technically and financially a success for the CNS.

Non- Human Biota Symposium

A symposium on Radiological Impacts from Nuclear Facilities on Non-Human Biota was held, 1996 December 1-2, in Ottawa.  The purpose of the Symposium was to bring the AECB, Environment Canada (EC) and members of the nuclear industry to discuss EC’s plans for assessing the toxicity of radiological release on non-human biota, as specified under their Second Priority Substances List (PSL2).  This event represented the first time the CNS and the Canadian Radiological Protection Association (CRPA) had acted as co-sponsors of an event.  The Symposium was a financial success both for the CNS and the CRPA.

The CNS, through the E&WM Division (Judy Tamm), also participated in the 1999 Workshop on the Radiological Impacts of Nuclear Facilities on Non-Human Biota.  This Workshop, held in Ottawa, was co-sponsored by the AECB and the Swedish and Australian nuclear regulatory agencies.

Symposium on Climate Change and Energy Options

The Division organized the Symposium on Climate Change and Energy Options, which was held in Ottawa in 1999 November.  The Symposium provided an opportunity for review and discussion of leading-edge developments in the area of available energy options to meet the Kyoto-Protocol commitments.

Conference Climate Change 2: Canadian Technology Development

This Conference was organized as a sequel to the Symposium on Climate Change and Energy Options.  It was held at the Holiday Inn on King in Toronto in 2001 October, and was very successful in bringing together experts from all energy sectors.

Symposium on the Scientific and Technical Basis for Protection of the Environment from Ionizing Radiation

This Symposium, held in Ottawa, ON, 2002 December, was organized in conjunction with the CNA and COG.