The European Commission is committed to protect the general public and the environment from undue radiological hazards. It has therefore developed a Decommissioning & Waste Management (D&WM) Programme for all nuclear sites of the Joint Research Centre (JRC).

The D&WM programme is managed by the nuclear decommissioning unit of the JRC Ispra.

The programme was launched in 1999 with a Communication to the European Parliament and the Council [COM (1999) 114]. Since then regular update of the Programme progress is provided by the Commission every four years.

To ensure the efficient execution of the D&WM Programme, the JRC is supported by a group of external experts acting independently of commercial interests.

The quality management system has been certified ISO 9001:2008 by the independent body DNV.