Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, National Report - Morocco

Radioactive waste management constitutes the final step in the using of radioactive material as fuel for reactor research or as radioisotopes in research, medicine or industry. In compliance with the principal of protecting the public, the environment and to not impose undue burdens on future generation Morocco signed the joint convention in September 1997 and ratified it in May 1999 Morocco has a research nuclear centre (CENM) where we have our facilities to treat radioactive waste generated at national level. Radioactive waste is generated also from the use of radioisotope and sealed sources in the field of medicine, agriculture and scientific research. This report doesn’t include NORM or TENORM. The spent fuel will be stored in pool at the reactor building waiting his return to USA according to the agreement between Morocco and USA (or long term storage) There is no nuclear facility that is in the process of decommissioning