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Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning in Sweden
Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning in Sweden
OECD/NEA: Slovak Republic
OECD/NEA: Slovak Republic
OECD/NEA: Spain
OECD/NEA: Spain
OECD/NEA: Korea
OECD/NEA: Korea
OECD/NEA: Sweden
OECD/NEA: Sweden
OECD/NEA: Hungary
OECD/NEA: Hungary
Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning in Korea
Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning in Korea
OECD/NEA: Finland
OECD/NEA: Finland
OECD/NEA: Netherlands
OECD/NEA: Netherlands
OECD/NEA: France
OECD/NEA: France
OECD/NEA: Czech Republic
OECD/NEA: Czech Republic
OECD/NEA: Mexico
OECD/NEA: Mexico
Geological Challenges in Radioactive Waste Isolation
Geological Challenges in Radioactive Waste Isolation
Over the past forty years, the development of the technology needed to isolate radioactive waste in underground rock systems has been found to be a formidable problem. This is especially the case in connection with high-level waste (HLW) after its removal from operations in nuclear power plants. There is also the additional problem of isolating low- and intermediate-level waste (LILW).
Institutional Issues in the Planning and Implementation of a Program to Dispose of High-Level Radioactive Wastes
Institutional Issues in the Planning and Implementation of a Program to Dispose of High-Level Radioactive Wastes
The research reported here was initiated in January 1980 and performed for the Office of Policy and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Energy. The study arises from recognition by the DOE that the resolution of institutional issues is vital to the establishment of facilities to dispose of high-level radioactive waste (HLW). The disposal of HLW is an intensely difficult public policy problem.
Managing the Nation's Commerical High-Level Radioactive Waste
Managing the Nation's Commerical High-Level Radioactive Waste
OECD/NEA: Switzerland
OECD/NEA: Switzerland
OECD/NEA: Germany
OECD/NEA: Germany
Development of Repository Concepts for Volunteer Siting Environments
Development of Repository Concepts for Volunteer Siting Environments
The primary objective of government policy, and of NUMO in implementing this policy is to ensure that a repository for Japan’s high-level radioactive waste is designed and located so as to provide secure isolation of the waste and adequate safety for present and future generations. This requires that the site of a repository has to be chosen carefully and an associated repository concept is selected which is appropriate for its specific geological and environmental conditions. At NUMO, we have chosen to implement a volunteering approach to siting.
Stakeholder Dialogue: Experience and Analysis
Stakeholder Dialogue: Experience and Analysis
The report begins with a consideration of the factors which have led to a growth in the use of dialogue processes, a clarification of key concepts and a classification of dialogue processes. A description of recent and current activities in Europe and North America is followed by discussion of the relationship of processes and contexts. This then leads to an identification of the key aims and evaluation criteria which will be used in the design of dialogue processes to be conducted in subsequent phases of the project.
DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE: THE FORMING OF A NEW APPROACH IN GERMANY
DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE: THE FORMING OF A NEW APPROACH IN GERMANY
Nuclear Power Safety in Lithuania: Annual Report 2011
Nuclear Power Safety in Lithuania: Annual Report 2011
Final Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Finnish Bedrock - Hastholmen Site Report
Final Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Finnish Bedrock - Hastholmen Site Report
Posiva Oy is studying the Finnish bedrock for the geological disposal of spent nuclear fuel. The study is based on the site selection research programme started originally in 1983. The programme is in accordance with the decision in principle by the Council of State in 1983 and aims at the selection of one site in 2000. Four sites, Hastholmen in Loviisa, Kivetty in Aanekoski, Olkiluoto in Eurajoki and Romuvaara in Kuhmo, have been studied in detail. This report summarises the results of the site investigations carried out at Hastholment.
National Report on the Implementation of the obligations under the Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management
National Report on the Implementation of the obligations under the Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management
Nuclear waste management from a local perspective: Reflections for a Better Governance Final Report
Nuclear waste management from a local perspective: Reflections for a Better Governance Final Report
During the 1990s, nuclear waste programmes in nearly every concerned country met many difficulties. Nuclear waste management was seen as a technical issue, and the local communities were only involved in the last stage of the decision-making process when almost all components of the decision were already fixed. The management of high level radioactive waste is now recognised as a complex decision-making process entailing technical, ethical, social, political and economic dimensions where no solution can be reached solely on the basis of technical considerations.