Nuclear Waste Facility Siting; 40 Years of Experience - 16521

Conference · Fri Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 2016

OSTI ID:22838300

Voss, James W. ^[1]; Newman, Andrew ^[2]; Nagtzaam, Gerald ^[3]

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1. Predicus LLC, 1855 E Shelby St, Seattle, WA 98112-2021 (United States)
2. Nuclear Threat Initiative - NTI, 1776 Eye Street, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20006 (United States)
3. Monash University (Australia)

In this study, siting efforts for radioactive waste management facilities in democratic countries have been reviewed to identify common factors of success and failure. The study has considered facility siting efforts in the past 40 years. The study has considered storage and disposal facilities for low-level wastes (LLW), transuranic wastes (TRU), intermediate-level wastes (ILW), high-level wastes (HLW) and used nuclear fuel (UNF). The study has reviewed thirty-nine facility siting efforts with the following results: - 13 successes in Finland, Germany, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden and the US. - 18 failures in Australia, Korea, the UK and the US. - 8 ongoing efforts in Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the US. (authors)

• Research Organization: WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 27646, 85285-7646 Tempe, AZ (United States)
• OSTI ID: 22838300
• Report Number(s): INIS-US--19-WM-16521
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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