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Disposal
The International Atomic Energy Agency
defines disposal as:
The emplacement of waste in an approved, specified facility
(e.g. near surface or geological repository) without the intention
of retrieval.
"without the intention of retrieval" . If waste retrieval is intended, then it is "long-term storage", or even "permanent storage".
The approvals required for disposal of radioactive wastes are
granted by regulatory authorities and/or other government agencies
in individual countries. There are currently a number of
organizations around the world which operate licensed disposal
facilities for radioactive wastes. There are also a number of
national and/or regional organizations that are actively seeking to
develop disposal facilities.
Links to operating disposal facilities are marked with web search using the facility name, location and/or operating organization.
Links identified with special plugin
to access these pages.
General
Database for Nuclear Waste Disposal Projects (US) EN
Developing Multinational Radioactive Waste Repositories: Infrastructural Framework & Scenarios of Co-operation (IAEA) EN
Disposal of high-level radioactive waste (NEA) EN
Disposal of Low Activity Radioactive Waste: Proceedings of an International Symposium (IAEA) EN
Disposal Options for Disused Radioactive Sources (IAEA) EN
EDRAM - International Association for Environmentally Safe Disposal of Radioactive Materials (International) EN Environmental & Ethical Basis of Geological Disposal of Long-Lived Radioactive Wastes (NEA) EN
Ethical issues in the disposal of radioactive waste (UK) EN Evaluation of the Extended Care Fund Barnwell LLW Disposal Facility (US) EN Federal Institutional Control Requirements for Radioactive Waste (US) EN
French R&D Programme on Deep Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste (NEA) EN Programme français de R-D sur le stockage géologique de déchets radioactifs (NEA) FR Global Experience in Waste Disposal (IAEA) EN
High-Level Waste Disposal (US) EN
International Nuclear Waste Disposal Concept (Australia) EN
Learning & Adapting to Societal Requirements for Radioactive Waste Management (NEA) EN Long-Term Stewardship Study (US) EN
Low-Level Waste Disposal (US) EN
Nuclear Waste Disposal in Canada (Canada) EN
Nuclear Waste Disposal Issues in Ft. Hancock, TX (US) EN
Nuclear Waste: Storage & Disposal Methods (US) EN
ODM - Oceanic Disposal Management (Switzerland) EN / FR
One Step at a Time: The Staged Development of Geologic Repositories for High-Level Radioactive Waste (US) EN
Permanent RadWaste Solutions (US) EN
Il problema dei rifiuti radioattivi (Italy) IT
Progress Towards Geologic Disposal of Radioactive Waste: Where do We Stand? (NEA) EN Radioactive Waste Management in the EU (International) EN /FR / DE / ES / *
Records for Radioactive Waste Management up to Repository Closure (IAEA) EN
Reference Biospheres for Solid Radioactive Waste Disposal (IAEA) EN Repositorios (Chile) ES
Retrievable disposal of radioactive waste in the Netherlands (Netherlands) EN Reversibility & Retrievability in Geologic Disposal of Radioactive Waste (NEA) EN Stakeholder Confidence & Radioactive Waste Disposal (NEA) EN Stakeholder Involvement Techniques (NEA) EN Stepwise Approach to Decision Making for Long-term Radioactive Waste Management: Experience, Issues, and Guiding Principles (NEA) EN Subductive Waste Disposal (Canada) EN The Sub-Seabed Solution (US) EN
Surveillance & Monitoring of Near Surface Disposal Facilities for Radioactive Waste (IAEA) EN
USDOE Waste Disposal (US) EN
US GAO Report: Spent Nuclear Fuel - Options Exist to Further Enhance Security (US) EN Zwischenlagerung in Deutschland (Germany) DE
International Research Projects
BIOCLIM - Modelling Sequential Biosphere Systems under Climate Change for Radioactive Waste Disposal (France) EN
BIOPROTA (International) EN
CROP - Cluster Repository Project (International) EN
Decovalex THMC (International) EN
ESDRED - Engineering Studies & Demonstration of Repository Designs (EU) EN
FUNMIG - Fundamental Processes of Radionuclide Migration (EU) EN
NAnet - Network to review natural analogue studies (UK) EN
NAWG - Natural Analogue Working Group (International) EN
NetExcel - Network of Excellence in Nuclear Waste Management & Disposal (International) EN
Prototype Repository Project (International) EN
RETROCK - Treatment of geosphere retention phenomena in safety assessments (International) EN
Safety Issues
Anthropogenic Analogues for Geological Disposal of High Level & Long Lived Waste (IAEA) EN
Confidence in the Long-term Safety of Deep Repositories (NEA) EN Development of Specifications for Radioactive Waste Packages (IAEA) EN
Geological Problems in Radioactive Waste Isolation: The Second World Wide Review (US) EN
Identifying public concerns & perceived hazards for the phased disposal concept (UK) EN Long Term Behaviour of Low & Intermediate Level Waste Packages Under Repository Conditions (IAEA) EN
Natural Activity Concentrations & Fluxes as Indicators for the Safety Assessment of Radioactive Waste Disposal (IAEA) EN
Post-Closure Safety Case for Geological Repositories (NEA) EN Safety of Disposal of Spent Fuel, HLW & Long-lived ILW in Switzerland (NEA) EN Safety Indicators for the Safety Assessment of Radioactive Waste Disposal (IAEA) EN
Upgrading of Near Surface Repositories for Radioactive Waste (IAEA) EN
Siting Issues
Compensation in Radioactive Waste Management: Ethical issues in the treatment of host communities (UK) EN COWAM Network (International) EN
COWAM 2 - 2nd European Project of Community Waste Management (EU) EN
Fairness & Siting (US) EN
Final disposal of spent nuclear fuel in Sweden (Sweden) EN GMF - Group of European Municipalities with Nuclear Facilities (International) EN
Ibaraki Atomic Energy Consultation (Japan) JP
Locating & Engineering Hydrologically Secure HLW Repositories (UK) EN
Methods for choosing the right site (Australia) EN Michigan LLW Siting Investigation (US) EN
NJ Disposal Options Report (US) EN Nuclear Waste Disposal - Exploring Paths toward a Permanent Repository (US) EN Pennsylvania's LLW Advisory Committee (US) EN
Proposed Model of the PA LLW Disposal Facility (US) EN
Public Participation in Radwaste Disposal (UK) EN
Public Perceptions about Equity & Fairness (US) EN
Review of New York State LLW Siting Process (US) EN
Socioeconomic Issues with a HLW Repository at Yucca Mountain (US) EN
Technology, Risk, & Place: Siting a Radioactive Waste Dump (US) EN
UK National Consensus Conf on RadWaste Management (UK) EN
Australia
Draft EIS for the National Repository Project EN
An International Peer Review of the Licence Application for the Australian Near Surface Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility (IAEA) EN
National Repository Program EN
Belgium
EURIDICE NL / FR / EN
MONA - Mols Overleg Nucleair Afval NL / EN
NIRAS/ONDRAF - Nationale Instelling voor Radioactief Afval en verrijkte Splijtstoffen NL / FR / EN / DE
PaLoFF - Partenariat Local Fleurus Farciennes FR
SCK/CEN - Studiecentrum voor Kernenergie / Centre d'étude de l'Energie Nucléaire NL / FR / EN
STOLA - STudie- en Overleggroep Laagactief Afval Dessel NL
Canada
AECL - Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. EN / FR
Canadian Nuclear Fuel Disposal Concept EN
LLRWMO - Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Office EN / FR
Nuclear Fuel Waste Management & Disposal Concept EA Report EN
Federal Government Response to EA Panel Report EN
NFWB - Nuclear Fuel Waste Bureau / Bureau sur les déchets de combustible nucléaire EN / FR
NWMO - Nuclear Waste Management Organization EN / FR
Ontario Power Generation - Nuclear Waste Management EN
Deep Geologic Repository Proposal for L&ILW EN
Independent Assessment Study for L&ILW EN
China
China’s Radioactive Waste Management Program EN
Radioactive Waste & Spent Fuel Management in China EN
Czech Republic
SURAO/RAWRA - Radioactive Waste Repositories Authority CZ / EN
Deep Geological Repository Concept CZ / EN
LLW Repositories EN
Estonia
ALARA AS - Radioactive Waste Management Agency EN
Finland
Posiva Oy FI / EN / SE
TVO FI / EN
France
ANCLI - Association Nationale des Commissions Locales d'Informations FR
ANDRA - Agence nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs FR / EN
CLIS - Le Comité Local d'Information et de Suivi du Laboratoire de Bure FR
CNE - Commission nationale d'évaluation FR
CNE Rapport d'évaluation no 10 FR
Consultation du public sur le projet de Plan national de gestion des déchets radioactifs et des matières valorisables FR
GdR FORPRO - Groupement de Recherches FORmations géologiques PROfondes FR
Meuse/Haute-Marne Underground Laboratory EN
Déchets radioactifs à vie longue - mission granite FR
Germany
BfS - Bundesamtes für Strahlenschutz DE / EN
DBE - Deutsche Gesellschaft zum Bau und Betrieb von Endlagen für Abfallstoffe mbH DE / EN
Endlagerung in Deutschland DE
ILK - Internationale Länderkommission Kerntechnik DE / EN
Hungary
RHK Kht - Radioaktív Hulladékokat Kezelo / PURAM - Public Agency for Radioactive Waste Management HU / EN
Italy
National Radioactive Waste Disposal Site Task Force IT
Japan
JNFL - Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. JP / EN
MIU - Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory EN
NUMO - Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan JP / EN
Korea (South)
KHNP - Radioactive Waste Management Project EN
Latvia
RAPA EN / LV
Lithuania
RATA - Radioaktyviuju atlieku tvarkymo agentura / Radioactive Waste Management Agency LT / EN
Poland
Rozan EN
Russian Federation
SIA Radon RU
Slovak Republic
SAPIERR - Support Action Pilot Initiative for European Regional Repositories EN
Slovenia
RAO - Slovenian Agency for Radwaste Management SI / EN
South Africa
NECSA - Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa (formerly AEC - Atomic Energy Corporation) EN
NLM - Nuclear Liabilities Management EN
Spain
ENRESA - Empresa Nacional de Residuos Radioactivos S.A. ES / EN
Sweden
Äspö Modelling Task Force EN
Avfallskedjan - Waste Network Association SE
Kärnavfallsfondens - Swedish Nuclear Waste Fund SE / EN
KASAM - Statens råd för kärnavfallsfrågor SE / EN
Östhammars kommun Referensgruppen SE / EN
Projekt Kärnavfall i Oskarshamn SE / EN
SKB - Swedish Nuclear Fuel & Waste Management Co. SE / EN
SKB Prototype Repository Project EN
Swedish Program for Long Term Isolation of High Level Nuclear Waste in Copper Canisters EN
Switzerland
Grimsel Test Site EN
Mont Terri Rock Laboratory EN / FR
NAGRA - National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste DE / FR / EN
Wellenberg Project DE
Thailand
Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority TH
United Kingdom
BNFL - British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. EN
CoRWM - Committee on Radioactive Waste Management EN
CoRWM Final Report EN
1999 House of Lords Report on Radioactive Waste EN
NIREX EN
UKAEA - UK Atomic Energy Authority EN
United States Disposal facilities/sites
Barnwell, SC (CNSI) EN Barnwell Interim Site Stabilization & Closure Plan (US) EN Beatty, NV (AEC) EN Clive, UT (ECU) EN Farallon Island EN Hanford, WA - Civilian wastes (AEC) EN Maxey Flats, KY EN
Commercial disposal facility operators
American Ecology Corp. (AEC) EN
Chem-Nuclear (CNSI) EN
Envirocare Utah (ECU) EN
US DOE disposal facilities
General EN
Fernald OSDF - On-site Disposal Facility EN Fernald OSDF (more...) EN
Hanford ERDF - Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility EN Hanford ERDF (more...) EN
Hanford 200 Area Low-Level Burial Ground EN INEEL RWMC - Radioactive Waste Management Complex EN INEEL RWMC (more...) EN
LANL Technical Area-54 G EN Monticello Disposal Facility EN NTS Area 3 Radioactive Waste Management Site EN NTS Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site EN ORNL Solid Waste Storage Area 6 EN SRS E Area Vaults EN Weldon Spring Site Disposal Facility EN West Valley, NY (NYSERDA) EN West Valley (more...) EN
WIPP - Waste Isolation Pilot Plant EN
DOE disposal facility operators
Washington TRU Solutions EN
WVNSCO - West Valley Nuclear Services Co EN
Developing, sponsoring & review organizations
Atlantic Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact EN
California Radioactive Materials Management Forum EN
Central Interstate LLRW Commission EN
Churchill County Repository Planning & Oversight Program [Yucca Mountain] EN
Clark County Nuclear Waste Division [Yucca Mountain] EPA Low-Activity Radioactive Waste Program EN
EPA Yucca Mountain Homepage EN
Eureka County Yucca Mountain Information Office EN
Hanford Spent Nuclear Fuel Program EN
Inyo County Yucca Mountain Assessment Office EN
Lander County Yucca Mountain Oversight Program EN
LFRG - Low-Level Waste Disposal Facility Federal Review Group EN
Lincoln County Yucca Mountain Oversight Program EN
Maine Advisory Committee on Radwaste EN
Massachusetts LLRW Management Board EN
Midwest Compact Commission EN
Mineral County Nuclear Projects Office [Yucca Mountain] EN
Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects [Yucca Mountain] EN
New Jersey LLRW Disposal Facility Siting Board EN
New Mexico Environmental Evaluation Group [WIPP Review] EN
North Carolina Radioactive Materials Branch EN
NSNFP - National Spent Nuclear Fuel Program EN
NWTRB - Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board EN
Nye County Nuclear Waste Repository Project Office [Yucca Mountain] EN
NYSERDA - New York State Energy R&D Authority LLW EN
OCRWM - Office of Civilian Radwaste Management EN
ORNL Waste Management Operations Div. EN
Pahrump Nuclear Waste & Enviromental Advisory Board EN
Pennsylvania LLRW Disposal Facility EN
Pennsylvania Low-Level Waste Advisory Committee EN
South Carolina Radioactive Waste Program EN
Southeast Compact Commission EN
SWLLRWC - Southwestern Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission EN
Texas LLRW Disposal Authority EN
TNRCC Radioactive Material Disposal Permits EN
USAF LLRW Office EN
US DoD LLRW Disposal Division EN
Utah Division of Radiation Control LLW Program EN
Washington State Dept of Ecology Nuclear Waste Program EN
West Valley Demonstration Project EN
White Pine County Nuclear Waste Project Office (Yucca Mountain) EN
Yucca Mountain Characterization Project EN
Other US disposal information sites
Environmental Health Center WIPP Info Site EN
NMED WIPP Information Page EN
Summary of Hearings on Yucca Mountain HLW Disposal EN
Update & Hearing Summary on LLW Disposal EN
Update & Hearing Summary on Ward Valley LLW Disposal Site EN
Updated Status of WIPP Repository EN
>>> See also: Hot Topics
Other resources International Profiles of Radioactive Waste Disposal Programs (US) EN
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Forum (US) EN
Radiation Reference Guide (US) EN The Virtual Repository Database (UK) EN
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