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Program 14th International Symposium - Subject to change without notice

16th NOVEMBER 2026

19.00 - 22.00 Pre-Registration and Get Together in the Hotel
- TÜV NORD Akademie

DAY 1, 17th NOVEMBER 2026

09.00 Registration
- TÜV NORD Akademie

10.00 Welcome/Opening Remarks
- H. Koopman, TÜV NORD EnSys, Germany

Updated IAEA guidance on release of sites from regulatory control
- V. Ljubenov, IAEA

Notes on the boundaries of the international and national mass flow after clearance
- F. Fabian, BMUV, Germany

Overview of Regulation and Practices for Exemption and Clearance in Japan
- H. Ogino, NRA, Japan

Clearance Methodology for Nuclear Facilities in Spain. Experiences and Challenges.
- J. García de la Sen, M. de Toro Fernández, J. Gonzalez-Cadeloa, CSN, Spain

Comparison and Analysis of Country Approaches to Clearance (WPTES release report)
- C. Barr, A. Larsson, OECD NEA

LUNCH BREAK

Role of clearance in sustainability considerations and in optimization of protection and safety
- IAEA

The streamlined DIN 25457 series ?Activity measurements for Clearance?
- G. Bacmeister, O. Nitzsche, D. Winter, Hinneburg/BRENK/AiNT, Germany

Comparison of International Guidance on Clearance with Regulations and Practice in Germany
- S. Thierfeldt, O. Nitzsche, R. Kunz, J. Liu, BRENK, Germany

The Clearance framework and Its Current Application Status in Korea
- J. Lee, KINS, South Korea

COFFEE BREAK

Cyclife/EDF - enhanced approaches and new facilities to implement a large scale circular economy mindset in treatment of contaminated metals
- A. Larsson, Cyclife/EDF, Sweden

Thinking out of the typical clearance box
- F. Borrmann, iUS, Germany

Specific clearance of metal scrap for recycling- From waste material to raw material
- N. Nirmalananthan-Budau, B. Grauel, H. Witing, T. Tiefel and A. Anthofer, Hinneburg/Silbitz, Germany

Implementing a Clearance pathway for metallic waste at CERN: Regulatory framework, radiological Characterization and operational implementation
- Frederic Aberle, CERN

Wrap up Discussion of the Day

18.00 End of the 1st day

19.00 - 23.00 Evening Event: Boat Trip on the River Spree


DAY 2, 18th NOVEMBER 2026

9.00 SCALA, an IAEA tool for dervation of specific clearance levels
- IAEA

Iodine recovery from flue gas as a novel recycling path to be considered in specific clearance
- J. Schieferecke, K. Buchmann, MEKUN, Germany

A regulator?s development project on specific clearance levels for landfills
- K. Stark, S. Xu and R. Klos, SRSA, Sweden

Radiological characterisation of concrete structures for decontamination and clearance during decommissioning of V1 NPP
- A. Slimak, P. Pajersky, VUJE, Slovakia

Selection of optimal variant for release of V1 NPP site
- T. Hrncir, E. Hrasnova, JAVYS, Slovakia

COFFEE BREAK

From Complexity to Scalability: Digital Optimazation of Clerance Procedures
- S. Küsel, TÜV NORD EnSys, Germany

Clearance in the public eye: The Biblis case
- T. Kupcik, H. Lückhoff, HMLU, Germany

From Bottleneck to Enabler: High-Throughput Clearance in Nuclear Decommissioning
- J. Bolz, RWEN, Germany

Hybrid approach for radiological characterization of the biological shields at the Barsebäck Nuclear Power Plant
- Ü. Ören, V. Simutkin, L. Håkansson, Barsebäck Kraft AB, Sweden

LUNCH BREAK

Case Study of Consensus-Building Process for Reusing Clearance Materials in Japan
- K. Miwa, Research Center for Safety Science?Nagoya University, Japan

Balanced Clearance Practices for Sustainable Wast