Executive summary

1. Introduction

2. Workshop objectives and agenda

3. EBS function, design, characterisation and assessment

4. Working group sessions

5. Workshop conclusions

6. References

Appendix A: Workshop agenda

Appendix B: Papers presented to the workshop. Managing design requirements for a repository in crystalline rock / Timo Äikas ; Managing design requirements of the French HLLW Programme in clay media / Jean-Michel Hoorelbeke, Stefan Mayer and Frédéric Plas ; Closure concept for the Morsleben LLW repository for radioactive waste design of drift seals in a former salt mine / Ralf Mauke, Jürgen Wollrath and Nina Müller-Hoeppe ; CROP, a project for comparative description of national concepts for disposal of radioactive waste / Roland Pusch and Christer Svemar ; The role of the EBS in demonstrating post-closure safety of the proposed Yucca Mountain repository / Robert J. MacKinnon ; Engineered barriers system modelling and performance assessment in SAFIR 2 / Xavier Sillen ... [et al.] ; EBS modelling and performance assessment from H12: results, conclusions, and future priorities / Hiroyuki Umeki ... [et al.] ; On-going activities of the EC project "BENIPA", current status, key issues, and achievements / Jesús Alonso

Appendix C: Remit and composition of working groups ; Working groups remit ; Working groups composition

Appendix D: List of participants.