Subseabed disposal risk assessment: review and program plan

This report provides a basis for the performance of risk assessment studies for seabed disposal of nuclear wastes. The risk analysis is divided into two phases: pre-disposal which includes all transport, handling and emplacement activities and long-term (post-disposal) which addresses the potential hazard after waste is safely emplaced. A preliminary definition of information requirements for both the pre-disposal and long-term risk analysis is presented. Available information that might be relevant to seabed risk assessment is reviewed with special emphasis on the continental waste disposal programs. Based on these scoping studies a work plan is developed for future detailed risk assessment analysis