W. Eberhard Falck

President INTRAW International Raw Materials Observatory

Greater Paris Metropolitan Region

About

Scientific and policy advisory services in the area of mineral resources policies, social licensing in mineral resources exploitation, mining legacy management, nuclear legacy managment, nuclear and hazardous waste management.

Experience

  • President at International Raw Materials Observatory
    May 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 3 mos

    Founding vice-president since 2017, president since 2022. https://intraw.eu/board/

  • Independent Expert at WEFalck Scientific Advisory and Expert Services
    Oct 2012 - Present · 13 yrs 10 mos

    Scientific and policy advisory services in the area of mineral resources policies, social licensing in mineral resources exploitation, mining legacy management, nuclear legacy managment, nuclear and hazardous waste management. President INTRAW Internatioal Raw Materials Observatory (http://intraw.eu) Partner European Mining Mentor Centre (EMMC, http://miningmentorcentre.eu/, B) - to 2022 Senior Associate MinPol GmbH (www.minpol.com, A) - to 11/2017 Project collaborations: RAWCLIC - Task leader with INTRAW (since 01/12/2024) CIRAN - Co-coordinator with INTRAW (since 01/2023) CRM-Geothermal - WP leader with INTRAW (since 06/2022) AfricaMaVal - WP leader with INTRAW (since 05/2022) SCRREEN2 - http://www.scrreen.eu - Task leader with INTRAW (since 11/2021) MINLAND - successful proposal development for MinPol GmbH MIREU - Partner in this H2020 project (completed 06/2021) MinFuture – http://www.minfuture.eu (with MinPol) - Task leader SCRREEN - http://www.scrreen.eu (with MinPol) - WP leader MINATURA2020 - http://minatura2020.eu (with MinPol) - Co-ordinator - completed 2018 MICA - http://mica.eurogeosurveys.org/ (with MinPol) - WP leader - completed 2018 INTRAW - http://intraw.eu (with MinPol) - Task leader - completed 2017 I2Mine - http://www.i2mine.eu (with MIRO - www.miro.co.uk) - completed 2016 SUSTAMINING - http://www.sustamining.eu (with MIRO - www.miro.co.uk) - completed 2015 Advisor: European Commission (DG ENV) - Policy advice on the implementation of the Extractive Waste Directive IAEA (www.iaea.org) - Social licensing in uranium mining, secondary U resources European Parliament - Mine waste related issues (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20170118IPR58639/committee-on-the-environment-public-health-and-food-safety) Teaching: Ecole de Mines Nantes (now IMT Atlantique) - master course on Sustainable Nuclear Energy and Waste Management (SNEW) - focusing on uranium mining risk managment, social acceptance and environmental remediation aspects.

  • Professor at Université de Versailles St. Quentin-en-Yvelines
    Jul 2009 - Aug 2015 · 6 yrs 2 mos

    - expert missions on sustainable uranium mining for the IAEA - Member of the EU Implementation of Geological Disposal Technology Platform (IGD-TP) - expert for drafting the IAEA RWM glossary - expert for drafting the IAEA RWM principles - teaching for the Sustainable Nuclear Energy and Waste Management (SNEW) master course of Ecole de Mines Nantes (focusing on uranium mining risk managment, societal and environmental remediation aspects). - Consultant to OECD-NEA (contributing to IGSC). - teaching programme at the interface between environmental sciences and society for 150+ students across several master programmes. - courses on natural risks and their assessment/management - collaboration in setting up the interdisciplinary master course in arctic studies (focussing on risk and natural resources management) - participation in the CEC projekt EO-Miners and I2Mine on enabling stakeholders in mining projects - Consultant/project manager for the UK Minerals Industry Research Organisation (MIRO) and the MinPol network

  • Consultant at OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
    Aug 2010 - Oct 2010 · 3 mos

    - Interim management of the Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) - Contributions to the Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC)

  • Contract Agent at European Commission
    Jun 2006 - May 2009 · 3 yrs

    - Comprehensive report on the state of geological disposal with a view of implementation (Report EUR 23925 EN) on behalf of the European Commission - Assessment of the sustainability and open issues in the uranium fuel cycle (Report EUR 23955 EN) on behalf of the European Commission. - Draft of a communication by the European Commission to the European Parliament re. a planned Uranium Mining Waste Directive. - Report on nuclear/environmental policy-making structures for the CEC ARGONA project - Contribution of a chapter on the integration between Decommissioning and Remediation to the book Voigt, G., Fesenko, S. [Eds.]: Remediation of Contaminated Environments, Radioactivity in the Environment, 14 - Member of the expert panel drafting IAEA's Radioactive Waste Management Objectives. - IGSC Observer for JRC