Disposition of High-Level Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel: The Continuing Societal and Technical Challenges

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Table of Contents
Front Matter R1-R16
Executive Summary 1-6
1 Disposition of High-Level Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel: An Overview of the Societal and Technical Challenges 7-19
2 Principal Findings and Conclusions 20-39
3 Principal Recommendations 40-48
4 National Programs 49-66
5 Societal Issues in Radioactive Waste Management 67-84
6 Scientific and Technical Issues in Radioactive Waste Management 85-113
7 Alternatives to Geological Disposition 114-126
8 Improving Decision Making and Implementation 127-142
9 International Cooperation 143-157
References 158-176
Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members 177-182
Appendix B Workshop Program 183-189
Appendix C List of Attendees 190-196
Appendix D Acronyms 197-198

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have a long period of monitored controls and enhanced retrievability before being converted into their final closed state.

Adequately safe geological repositories can be implemented with various combinations of carefully selected host rocks, sites, and engineered barriers as long as decisions are taken commensurate with understanding. It will never be possible to demonstrate that any one site is the “safest” choice. Factors other than long-term safety will also determine or even dominate siting choices.

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