RD&D Programme 2010: Programme for research, development, and demonstration of methods for the management and disposal of nuclear waste

RD&D Programme 2010 presents SKB’s plans for research, development and demonstration during<br/>the period 2011–2016. SKB’s activities are divided into two main areas: the programme for low- and<br/>intermediate-level waste (the LILW Programme) and the Nuclear Fuel Programme. Operation of the<br/>existing facilities takes place within the Operational Process.<br/>RD&D Programme 2010 consists of five parts:<br/>Part I Overall plan of action<br/>Part II The LILW Programme<br/>Part III The Nuclear Fuel Programme<br/>Part IV Research for assessment of long-term safety<br/>Part V Social science research<br/>RD&D Programme 2007 was mainly focused on development of technology to realize the final repository<br/>for spent nuclear fuel. The efforts described were aimed at gaining a greater knowledge of long-term<br/>safety and compiling technical supporting documentation for applications under the Nuclear Activities Act<br/>for the final repository for spent nuclear fuel and under the Environmental Code for the final repository<br/>system. Many important results from these efforts are reported in this programme. The integrated account<br/>of the results will be presented in applications submitted in early 2011.<br/>The regulatory review of RD&D Programme 2007 and its supplement called for clarifications of<br/>plans and programmes for the final repository for short-lived radioactive waste, SFR, and the final<br/>repository for long-lived waste, SFL. This RD&D Programme describes these plans more clearly.<br/>A summary of the contents of each part follows below.