Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste
Subtitle: Review of Developments in the Last Decade
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and Nuclear Energy Agency
Contributors: Nuclear Energy Agency
Series: Radioactive waste management; Radioactive Waste Management
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]:
Number of pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9789246180547
Subjects: Nuclear energy
Description: The concept of removing long-lived radioactive wastes from the human environment by disposal in deep geological repositories was developed several decades ago. In the intervening years, research efforts world-wide have increased our knowledge and understanding of how underground disposal systems will function over very long periods of time. Significant progress has also been made towards implementation of such facilities. There have, however, been delays in the disposal programmes of several countries. This report is a review of developments in the past decade. The primary sources of information are the answers to a questionnaire provided by waste management organisations represented in the NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC). The latter is an international forum of senior specialists from safety authorities, waste management agencies, R&D institutions and policy-making bodies.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Executive Summary; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Confidence in the Concept of Geological Disposal; title: 3. Progress in Geological Disposal; title: 4. Lessons to be Learnt - Conclusions Drawn; title: Appendix 1. The NEA Questionnaire; title: Appendix 2. Overview of Responses: Structural and Organizational; title: Appendix 3. Overview of Responses: Scientific and Technical Basis; title: Appendix 4. Overview of Responses: Performance and Safety Assessment; title: Appendix 5. References for Appendices 2-4; title: Appendix 6. Overview of Responses: Communication and Perceptions; title: Appendix 7. Key Texts of Published Collective Opinions of the NEA; title: Appendix 8. List of Acronyms