[en] The present IAEA activities in radioactive waste management, components of the program and particular projects, the existing mechanism for information collection, analysis and distribution are outlined. The role of the IAEA as a forum for information exchange, for coordinating common efforts in waste technology development and as an international body for direct assistance of Member States is discussed. Current IAEA projects and recent achievements in related waste management areas are summarized and highlighted

[en] Short communication

[en] The paper refers the consideration of chemical composition of radioactive waste in selection of particular method and technology for waste treatment and conditioning, importance of physico-chemical parameters of waste processing techniques for optimisation of waste processing to produce waste form of appropriate quality. Consideration of waste chemistry is illustrated by several IAEA activities on radioactive waste management and by outlining the scope of some selected technical reports on different waste management subjects. Different components of the IAEA activities on radioactive waste management and on technology transfer are presented and discussed. (author)

[en] This bibliography is a review of the Canadian literature on radioactive waste management from 1953 to the present. It incorporates the references from the previous AECL--6186 revisions, and adds the current data and some of the references that had been omitted. Publications from outside organizations of concern to the Canadian Nuclear Fuel Waste Program are included in addition to AECL Research reports and papers. This report is intended as an aid in the preparation of the Concept Assessment Document and is complementary to AECL Research's internal document-ready references on the MASS-11 word processing systems

[en] Curriculum and instruction in nuclear waste disposal is part of the larger problem of curriculum and instruction in science. At a time when science and technological literacy is crucial to the nation's economic future fewer students are electing to take needed courses in science that might promote such literacy. The problem is directly related to what science teachers teach and how they teach it. Science content that is more relevant and interesting to students must be a part of the curriculum. Science instruction must allow students to be actively involved in investigating or playing the game of science

[en] There are two methods available for the disposal of spent fuel elements: 1.) Reprocessing for recovery and recycling of the remaining uranium and plutonium in the fuel element, and ultimate disposal of the resulting waste (fission products); this is a method of the closed fuel cycle. 2.) Direct ultimate disposal of the entire spent fuel element; open fuel cycle method. Waste managment for both disposal methods commences with the two process steps of transport away from the reactor, and interim storage of the spent fuel element. The closed cycle methods then proceeds to reprocessing, fuel element refabrication, and conditioning and ultimate disposal of waste. The open cycle method continues with the conditioning and ultimate disposal of the spent fuel elements directly from the interim storage. The brochure briefly discusses the radiological aspects of the two methods, the waste amounts accrued, and the current waste managment conditions in the Federal Republic of Germany. (HP)

[en] In this paper the authors set out to investigate the potential of DSS for radioactive waste management. It is argued that DSS has proven to be successful in environmental problem solving in general. It is further argued that radioactive waste management shares many characteristics with this broader field of environmental problem solving. This is illustrated by discussing some examples of the spatial, multi-objective and policy-related characteristics of the management problem. This then leads to the conclusion that a number of radioactive waste management problems seem suitable for representation in a DSS framework

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[en] The European Commission has developed policies and made recommendations on how financial resources should be established and managed by Member States for the purpose of radioactive waste management. The manner in which these recommendations have been accepted, and are applied, varies between European countries. To some extent, this variation reflects the maturity of the nuclear programs in each country and whether or not nuclear facilities are largely state or privately owned and operated. This paper reviews the European Commission.s policy on financial resourcing for radioactive waste management and decommissioning and evaluates how financial resources are practically established and managed by Member States. The findings from the review are then used to benchmark the situation in Romania. (authors)

[en] To achieve the goal of permanent disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, the US DOE's Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) is implementing a Management Systems Improvement Strategy (MSIS). This MSIS is structured around the systems engineering approach that separates the program mission into system and programmatic functions. OCRWM believes that this strategy will significantly improve the program and provide the framework needed to ensure successful implementation of the activities necessary to fulfill the mandate of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, as amended