| Issue |
EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol.
Volume 6, 2020
Euratom Research and Training in 2019: challenges, achievements and future perspectives
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 22 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| Section | Part 2: Radioactive waste management | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019042 | |
| Published online | 05 May 2020 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019042
Review Article
Needs of countries with longer timescale for deep geological repository implementation
Strategical and Technical Directorate, PURAM, HRSZ.: 8803/2, 7031 Paks, Hungary
* e-mail: balint.nos@rhk.hu
Received:
12
March
2019
Accepted:
16
September
2019
Published online: 5 May 2020
Countries operating nuclear power plants have to deal with the tasks connected to spent fuel and high-level radioactive waste management. There is international consensus that, at this time, deep geological disposal represents the safest and most sustainable option as the end point of the management of high-level waste and spent fuel considered as waste. There are countries with longer timescale for deep geological repository (DGR) implementation, meaning that the planned date of commissioning of their respective DGRs is around 2060. For these countries cooperation, knowledge transfer, participation in RD&D programmes (like EURAD) and adaptation of good international practice could help in implementing their own programmes. In the paper the challenges and needs of a country with longer implementation timescale for DGR will be introduced through the example of Hungary.
© B. Nős, published by EDP Sciences, 2020
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