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Appendix F: Final Stages in Disposition of Radioactive Waste (Vladislav A. Petrov)
Pages 131-134

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... and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in this field has a very good "credibility history." In 2003 the National Academies Press issued the report End Points for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in Russia and the United States.
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From page 132...
... This pioneering work was the foundation for a number of joint research activities within such frameworks as "An International Repository of Irradiated Nuclear Fuel. Investigation of Possibilities for Establishing a Nuclear Waste Repository in Russia" (NAP, 2005)
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... A comprehensive research program to substantiate long-term security of nuclear waste disposal based on optimization of operational parameters was developed to implement the project during 2016–2018. "The Strategic Masterplan of Research to Substantiate Security of Construction, Exploitation and Closing of Deep Disposal Site for Radioactive Waste" has been approved by the State Atomic Energy Corporation (SAEC)
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... 134 APPENDIX F challenges and the urgent need to reduce even low levels of radiological risks dictate the importance of further cooperative research that was started by the RAS and the NAS to manage the problems during the final stages in handling nuclear materials.
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