Radioactive waste disposal and storage plant in Hungary

According to the increasing quantity of radioactive wastes, the establishment of a waste disposal and storage plant has become up-to-date in Hungary. The main aspects of the realization and the ways of waste disposal and storage are discussed. The selection of the plant location was made on the basis of the following aspects: the presence of an impermeable layer, the price of the public utility works and the distance of the plant from Budapest. The capacity of the equipment was estimated. Depending on their quality and specific activity the collected wastes are placed directly in receivers or they are previously processed (flocculation, ion-exchange, filtration, solidifying). The main parts of a plant constructed in Hungary in the previous year are described: inactive official building, technological building for waste disposal and various types of receivers. (V.N.)