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In 2000, a Specified Radioactive Waste Final Disposal Act called for creation of a new organization to manage high level radioactive waste, and later that year the Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan (NUMO) was established under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Presentation of ANDRA research at Meuse/Haute Marne Underground Research Laboratory, in Bure. The Agence nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs (French pronunciation: [aʒɑ̃s nasjɔnal puʁ la ʒɛstjɔ̃ de deʃɛ ʁadjoaktif], ANDRA), or National agency for the management of radioactive waste is a 'public institution of an industrial and commercial nature' charged with the ...
Long-lived radioactive waste from the back end of the fuel cycle is especially relevant when designing a complete waste management plan for SNF. When looking at long-term radioactive decay , the actinides in the SNF have a significant influence due to their characteristically long half-lives.
If the structures are not correctly built, water can seep into them and infect the public with radioactive waste. The NRC has imposed acts such as the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 and the Low-level radioactive waste policy. These policies help regulate state governments on the procedures and precautions needed to dispose of the nuclear waste.
The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board was established in the 1987 Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act (NWPAA) (P.L. 100–203) to "...evaluate the technical and scientific validity of activities [related to managing and disposing of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste] undertaken by the Secretary [of Energy], including
Radioactive waste is a type of hazardous waste that contains radioactive material.It is a result of many activities, including nuclear medicine, nuclear research, nuclear power generation, nuclear decommissioning, rare-earth mining, and nuclear weapons reprocessing. [1]
A key issue for Waste Management in 2011 was the economy. While we have seen the economy stumble back to life to some extent, Waste Management has struggled with volume in key areas of its ...
An act to provide for the development of repositories for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, to establish a program of research, development, and demonstration regarding the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, and for other purposes. Enacted by: the 97th United States Congress ...