INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN DEEP GEOLOGICAL DISPOSAL OF SNF AND RW. PART 1. CURRENT PROGRESS IN DEEP GEOLOGICAL DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE AND SPENT FUEL IN THE U.S., CANADA AND ASIAN COUNTRIES (PREPRINT IBRAE-2017-04)

Preprint IBRAE-2017-04 

Cebakovskaya N.S., et al. 

This paper continues a series of publications summarizing current international experience in the establishment and operation of underground research laboratories and deep geological repositories for spent nuclear fuel and long-lived radioactive waste.
This paper examines recent developments in the field of RW and SNF deep geological disposal (2014–2017) in Canada, the U.S. and Japan. It provides up-to-date information on the planned schedule of disposal operations, relevant costs and management aspects.
Owning to the fact that very few publications are available in Russian literature discussing RW and SNF management issues in China, the Republic of Korea and India, the paper provides a more extensive study on relevant topics for these countries, including data on institutions and organizations responsible for waste disposal; RW classification and inventory (forecasted and currently accumulated), operated waste management facilities, geological disposal projects and underground research laboratories. 

Bibliographical reference

N.S. Cebakovskaya, S.S. Utkin, V.Yu. Konovalov. International experience in deep geological disposal of SNF and RW. Part 1. Current progress in deep geological disposal of radioactive waste and spent fuel in the U.S., Canada and Asian countries / Preprint IBRAE-2017-04 — Moscow: Nuclear Safety Institute, 2017 — 41 p. — Bibliogr: 42 items. 

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