Radioactive Waste Bulletin No. 13

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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EDITOR’S NOTE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

COUNTRY HIGHLIGHTS

    AUSTRALIA
    BELGIUM
    CANADA
    CZECH REPUBLIC
    FINLAND
    FRANCE
    GERMANY
    HUNGARY
    ITALY
    JAPAN
    KOREA
    THE NETHERLANDS
    NORWAY
    SPAIN
    SWEDEN
    SWITZERLAND
    UNITED KINGDOM
    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA COUNTRY FOCUS FINLAND
      1. Recent developments
      2. General strategy
      3. Storage systems
      4. Transportation systems
      5. Disposal systems

    HUNGARY
    1. General strategy
    2. Storage system
    3. Transport system
    4. Disposal system - short lived LILW
    5. Disposal system - high level waste

NATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND POLICIES

AUSTRALIA
    1. National near surface repository
    2. Category S wastes
    3. HIFAR–spent fuel
    4. Research and development of titanate ceramic waste forms
BELGIUM
    1. Radwaste processing and conditioning
    2. Interim storage of conditioned radwaste
    3. Disposal of conditioned radwaste
    4. Nuclear inventory
    5. Cassiopee
    6. Information policy
CANADA
    1. Uranium industry
    2. Nuclear power programme
    3. Regulation
    4. Radioactive waste management
    5. Uranium mine and mill tailings
THE CZECH REPUBLIC
    1. Regulations
    2. Waste management
    3. R&D Programme
    4. Decommissioning
    5. International relations
FRANCE
    1. Near surface disposal facilities
    2. Centraco
    3. Research on long-lived waste management
GERMANY
    1. Regulation
    2. Return of waste from reprocessing and interim storage of SNF
    3. Disposal programmes and facilities
    4. R&D programmes
ITALY
    1. General
    2. Operations under way
JAPAN
    1. LLW disposal programme
    2. HLW disposal programme
    3. TRU waste disposal programme
    4. Decommissioning
KOREA
    1. Programme for LILW disposal
    2. R&D programme for HLW disposal
    3. D&D project of the TRIGA Mark-II and III
THE NETHERLANDS
    1. Decommissioning
    2. Radioactive waste storage
    3. Reprocessing
NORWAY
    1. Combined repository and storage facility for LLW and ILW
    2. Norwegian – Russian investigations on radioactive contamination in Russia
SPAIN
    1. General
    2. Low and intermediate level waste
    3. Decommissioning and dismantling of nuclear installations
    4. High level wastes
SWEDEN
    1. Report by the Implementer, SKB
    2. Report by the Regulators, SKI and SSI
SWITZERLAND
    1. Nuclear power
    2. Centralised interim storage of radioactive wastes
    3. Programme for disposal of L/ILW
    4. Programme for disposal of HLW and long-lived ILW
    5. Progress of R&D programmes
    6. Other items
UNITED KINGDOM
    1. UK radioactive waste policy
    2. Sellafield authorisations
    3. Sea disposal of radioactive waste
    4. Merger of Magnox Electric and BNFL
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1. Fuel cycle, waste production and management
2. Disposal programmes and facilities
3. Repository regulatory framework

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS ACTIVITIES

INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA)

    1. General
    2. Waste safety
    4. Ongoing co-ordinated research programmes
    5. Future agency sponsored international meetings
    6. Recent publications
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
    1. EC research programmes
    2. Fifth Framework programme
OECD NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY (NEA)
    1. Highlights of 1997-1998 Activities
    2. Meetings
    3. Publications
DETAILED REPORT OF 1997-1998 ACTIVITIES
    4. The RWMC
    5. ASARR
    6. PAAG
    7. SEDE Co-ordinating Group
    8. Joint PAAG/SEDE activities

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