Selecting the Site: The Final Disposal at Olkiluoto
Selecting the Site: The Final Disposal at Olkiluoto
Posiva webpage discussing selecting the site for final disposal of spent fuel.
Posiva webpage discussing selecting the site for final disposal of spent fuel.
A summary of the radioactive waste management programs in Finland, including the national nuclear energy context; sources, types, and quantities of waste; radioactive waste management policies and programs; research and development; decommissioning and dismantling policies and projects; transport; authorities and implementing organizations; financing; and public information.
Presentation by Posiva Oy at The Stockholm Talks on October 2, 2013 on the status of the Finnish nuclear waste management program.
A summary of nuclear waste management in Finland, including energy use statistics, principles of nuclear waste management, financing, how waste is disposed of, the underground research laboratory, and the authorities involved in nuclear waste management.
The Finnish nuclear regulator needs another six months to review Posiva's application to build a waste encapsulation plant and a final repository at Olkiluoto.
After 15 years of investigations conducted in France pursuant to the first research law on radioactive waste voted in 1991, reversible deep geological disposal has been recognised by the Planning Act No. 2006-739 Concerning the Sustainable Development of Radioactive Materials and Waste of 28 June 2006 as the reference solution for the longterm management of high-level and intermediate-level long-lived radioactive waste.
The first world wide review of the geological problems in radioactive waste isolation was published by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in 1991. This review was a compilation of reports that had been submitted to a workshop held in conjunction with the 28th International Geological Congress that took place July 9-19,1989 in Washington, D.C.
Report prepared by ANDRA, the French National Radioactive Waste Management Agency, for preparing for public debate in 2013.
Press release from ANDRA, the French National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management, regarding the changes it will make in the siting process as a result of public debate on the Cigéo Project, disposal of radioactive waste in a deep geologic repository.
Text of the French Nuclear Safety and Transparency Act of 2006, translated into English.
A summary of ANDRA's research into disposal of radioactive waste in a deep geologic repository, examining both clay and granite.
A report documenting ANDRA's research on deep disposal of radioactive waste, examining both clay and granite formations.
Presentation given by François-Michel Gonnot at the Stockholm Talks on October 2, 2013 regarding Cigéo, the French Geological Disposal Project.
Annual report by ANDRA, the French National Radioactive Waste Management Agency, regarding its activities in 2011.
Annual report produced by ANDRA, the French National Radioactive Waste Management Agency describing its activities in 2010.
Newsletter produced by ANDRA, the French National Radioactive Waste Management Agency.
Newsletter produced by ANDRA, the French National Radioactive Waste Management Agency.
Newsletter produced by ANDRA, the French National Radioactive Waste Management Agency.
Newsletter produced by ANDRA, the French National Radioactive Waste Management Agency.
Newsletter produced by ANDRA, the French National Radioactive Waste Management Agency.
Newsletter produced by ANDRA, the French National Radioactive Waste Management Agency.
Newsletter produced by ANDRA, the French National Radioactive Waste Management Agency.
Newsletter produced by ANDRA, the French National Radioactive Waste Management Agency.