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Disposition of high-level radioactive waste through geological isolation : development, current status, and technical and policy challenges
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ISBN: 0309067782 9786610185665 128018566X 0309593824 0585198055 9780585198057 9780309067782 0309184584 Year: 1999 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press,

Low-Level Radioactive Waste Repositories : An Analysis of Costs
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ISBN: 9264161546 9786610034024 1280034025 9264172025 Year: 1999 Publisher: Paris : OECD Publishing,

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Low-level radioactive waste (LLW) arises in the normal operation of nuclear power plants and fuel cycle facilities, as well as from the use of radioactive isotopes in medicine, industry and agriculture. This report sets out the costs of operating disposal sites for LLW in OECD countries, as well as the factors that may affect the costs of sites being developed. This publication will be of special interest to experts in the field of radioactive waste management and economics of the nuclear fuel cycle.

Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste : Review of Developments in the Last Decade
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ISBN: 9246180542 128003419X 9786610034192 9246180540 9264171940 Year: 1999 Publisher: Paris : OECD Publishing,

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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.

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