Handling and final disposal of nuclear waste. September 1989

For those parts of the waste system that have already been taken into operation - transportation and handling systems, central interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel (CLAB) and final repository for reactor waste (SFR)- the research and development stage has already largely been passed. The programme presented here therefore pertains primarily to the treatment and final disposal of spent fuel and the decommissioning of nuclear power plants. The report is divided into two parts.<br/>Part I - General - presents the premises for waste management in Sweden and the waste types that are produced in the Swedish nuclear power programme. A brief description is theri provided of the measures required for the handling and final disposal of various waste forms. The comments made in the reviews of <br/>R&D-Programme 86 particularly requested an overview of the present-day state of knowledge within research and development. Such an overview is presented a summary of planned research and development for the period 1990-1995 and an account of measures for the decommissioning of nuclear power plants concludes Part I.<br/>Part II describes the research programme for the years 1990-1995.<br/>