Industry Perspectives with Communication to the Public and Stakeholders

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Industry Perspectives with Communication to the
Public and Stakeholders

Bernard Monot
External Affairs Director AREVA TN International
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Transports Background between Europe and Japan

• Fourteen shipments of HLW ( High Level Wastes) to
  Japan
• Four MOX Shipments to Japan
• Three maritime routes have been used
• Panama Canal
• Cape of Good Hope
• Horn Cape
• Misinformation from opponents
• On Going expressions of concerns of Coastal
  States and Regional Organizations
• Continuous implementation of GA Activities based
  on transparency and dialogue

Factual information, confidence building, contact
making is something you do by calm weather, not
in a storm
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Global Acceptance activities

• The main principles
• To inform Authorities of the Coastal States on
  these shipments organization, safety,
  regulations, liabilities
• To answer to official and media concerns
• To develop a common ability to work together
  Authorities and industries, with the support of
  our diplomats
• To develop specific Public Relation tools

A large effort done by shipping states and
industry in a long term relationship trough
information missions
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Information missions

• These missions can take place
• All year long
• At the time of departure
• At the time of passage

Essential to keep the confidence even without on
going transports
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Information missions

• Diplomatic missions
• To inform our stakeholders ( authorities, Navy,
  coast guards)
• To initiate a dialogue
• To exchange at the political level with the
  support of our diplomats
• Media missions
• To inform and correct misinformation
• To provide medias with detailed answers
• To be available for groups of interest,
  associations and education

Simple, clear and consistent messages required
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Other possible actions

• Visits of industrial facilities many groups
  invited to our plants
• Visits of Ships
• South Africa Cape Town and Durban April 1998 (
  3 000 Visitors)
• Panama Panamanian journalists on board/ Ship
  visits
• Japan visit of the PIF Leaders
• Information Seminars
• Panama Maritime University 2005/2008
• World Nuclear University 2007/2008/2009/2010
• South American Academics Seminar 2009
• Panama University of Technology 2011

To be as open as possible
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Information contents

• Through information tools
• MOX File / HLW File
• MOX FACT Sheet/ HLW Fact Sheet
• MOX DVD
• HLW/ILW ( in preparation)
• Contents of information
• Material to be shipped
• Recycling process it results from
• Principle of Safety Safety in depth
• Security Assessments
• Ships and casks used
• Transport Organization
• Implementation Phase disclosure policy dates,
  routes, ships

Documents available in English, Spanish and French
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The results of our GA Policy

• Better understanding of the reality of our
  activities
• ( Safety, international regulations,
  liabilities )
• Development of a sustainable dialogue with many
  coastal states
• Improvement in attitudes of the more serious
  newspapers
• More of the Coastal States, IAEA, IMO recognize
  the high quality of transports operations and
  appreciate our efforts for transparency and
  dialogue

A long term process since 1995
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Over 17 years of active Global Acceptance for
sea transport
Trinidad Tobago
Marshal Republic
Ecuador
Brasil
Peru
Salomon Islands
Fiji
New Caledonia
Uruguay
New Zealand
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Global Acceptance and Coastal States

• The industry created the World Nuclear Transport
  Institute (WNTI), which, besides bringing the
  industry's views to the IAEA, IMO... regulatory
  process, invites foreign dignitaries to nuclear
  site visits
• Industry and their States provide mutual support
  in meetings with Coastal States in arenas such as
  IAEA, IMO or local fora ( Pacific Islands
  Forum, Caribbean Community)

A process under continuous improvement
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What about the future ?

• Transports will continue for several years to
  come with a new generation of ships and casks
• We want to follow up, and diversify our efforts
• We need to maintain a close monitoring of the
  international community to improve our
  information and communication process based on
  the safety and security of our transports

Maintaining widespread contacts for our mutual
benefits
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MERCI ..THANK YOU ..GRACIAS