Recent Developments in Radioactive Waste Management in the Federal Republic of Germany - 17450
- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (Germany)
In 2013 the Federal Parliament and the Federal Council passed the Act Concerning the Search and Selection of a Site for a Repository for Heat-Generating Radioactive Waste and the Amendment of Other Acts (Site Selection Act). It was a restart for the search for a repository for especially heat-generating waste in Germany. As a first step in May 2014 the Commission 'Storage of High-Level Radioactive Waste' started their work. Their aim was to debate and clarify the principle questions concerning the management of heat-generating radioactive waste. As well as to evaluate and determine the fundamentals for the Site Selection Process e.g. safety requirements, exclusion criteria, minimum requirements and consideration criteria for the site selection. They also evaluated the organizational and procedural arrangements in the scope of waste management. As a first act to implement the suggestions of this Commission the organizational structures in waste management were greatly altered. This reorganization not only had a significant influence on the waste management of high-active, but also on the management of low- and intermediate-active waste management in the Federal Republic of Germany. In 2015 a second Commission started its work focusing on the funding of waste management in Germany. The results of this Commission were presented in April 2016. At the moment the suggestions of this Commission are being implemented, changing the financial responsibilities for waste management in the Federal Republic of Germany. The presentation will focus on changes and the developments of radioactive waste management in Germany and talk about the ongoing process in implementing the suggestions of the two Commissions. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 27646, 85285-7646 Tempe, AZ (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 22802441
- Report Number(s):
- INIS-US--19-WM-17450
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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