Progress in the siting of an underground L/ILW repository within the Swiss nuclear waste disposal program
- National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, Wettingen (Switzerland)
In Switzerland, an important step has been taken towards the implementation of a L/ILW repository. After a long planning period in which great emphasis has been placed upon producing a convincing demonstration of basic safety and of collecting the necessary laboratory and field data, the selection of a suitable site was announced in June 1993. Based on the results of similar field investigation programs at four pre-selected sites, Nagra selected Wellenberg (Marl, Community of Wolfenschiessen, Canton Nidwalden). The next step is to submit the application for a general license to the Swiss Federal Government in mid 1994. The decision of the Government must be ratified by the Federal Parliament and the licensing procedure is expected to take around four years. If everything proceeds according to plan, construction of the repository will begin before the turn of the century.
- Research Organization:
- Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ (United States). Coll. of Engineering and Mines; New Mexico State Univ., University Park, NM (United States); Waste-Management Education and Research Consortium (WERC), Las Cruces, NM (United States); USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 111692
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-940225--Vol.1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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