Disposal of spent fuel and high-level radioactive waste: Building international consensus

1992 - Volume 34, Issue 3 | by Semenov, B.A. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Dept. of Nuclear Energy and Safety) | More than 30 years have elapsed since the first commercial nuclear generation of electricity. During this period approximately 125,000 metric tonnes of spent nuclear fuel have been produced. The IAEA estimates that this amount will grow to approximately 200,000 metric tonnes by ... Read more »

Radioactive waste management: An international perspective

1992 - Volume 34, Issue 3 | by Chan, C.Y. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Management) | Scientists, governments, and the general public have devoted considerable attention to the subject of radioactive waste over the past 35 years. The subject has gained even more attention of late, owing to heightened awareness of environmental protection. Potential transboundary ... Read more »

Management of radioactive wastes in developing countries: Growing needs

1992 - Volume 34, Issue 3 | by Thomas, K.T. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Management) | Wide variations in the development and use of nuclear energy are evident in developing countries. A few have or are pursuing partial or complete nuclear fuel cycle activities. Eleven developing countries have nuclear power plants with a total installed capacity of 8600 ... Read more »

Improving the management of spent radiation sources

1992 - Volume 34, Issue 3 | by Pettersson, B.G. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Dept. of Nuclear Energy and Safety) | Early in 1992, the IAEA started a programme to assist countries, particularly those in the developing world, in their efforts to avoid conditions that might result in accidents with radiation sources that are no longer in active use. In the past, accidents involving radiation ... Read more »

Inventory of radioactive material entering the marine environment

1992 - Volume 34, Issue 3 | by Calmet, D. (Metrologie de l'Environnement (France). Lab. 501); Sjoeblom, K.L. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Management) | The concern of many nations to prevent radioactive pollution in the marine environment is expressed in many international conventions, such as the Law of the Sea Convention, the London Dumping Convention (LDC), and the Code of Safety for Nuclear Merchant Ships. The conventions ... Read more »

Radioactive waste management in Eastern Europe

1992 - Volume 34, Issue 3 | by Blake, E.M | Nuclear waste, is generally not a big issue in Eastern Europe, even in the four countries with power reactors. Generally, interim storage is sufficient at the moment. Still, the ultimate disposition of the waste may depend greatly on two factors: how the newly self-governing ... Read more »

Burning of actinides: A complementary waste management option?

1992 - Volume 34, Issue 3 | by Baetsle, L.H. (Centre d'Etude de l'Energie Nucleaire, Mol (Belgium). Study Centre for Nuclear Research) | The TRU actinide are building up at a rate of about 90 tHM per year. Approximately 45 tHM will remain occluded in the spent fuel structures, leaving about 45 tHM available. 92% as recycled plutonium and 8% as minor actinides (neptunium, americium, curium) immobilized in ... Read more »

The OMEGA programme in Japan: A base for international co-operation

1992 - Volume 34, Issue 3 | by Kawarada, S. (Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo (Japan). Atomic Energy Bureau) | Short communication. 2 figs ... Read more »