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Table 1
Comparison of key country data on spent fuel storage and disposal [1].
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| Type | Requirement (tHM/year) | Capacity (tHM) | Quantities (tHM) | Arisings (tHM/year) | Type | Location | Programme | Timelines | ||
| Canada | Centralised storage and disposal | HWR | 1650 | 66903 | 45986 | 1430 | Dry (cask, vault, silo) | AR | Identifying communities | Start operation in 2035 |
| Finland | Disposal | PWR BWR | 71 | 2330 | 1882 | 56 | Wet | AR | Construction license awaited | Start operation in 2022 |
| Germany | Disposal | LWR, some MOX | 202 | 27648 | 3970 | 180 | Dry (cask) | AR | Site selection to restart | Site selected by 2031 |
| Spain | Disposal | PWR BWR | 140 | 5260 | 4434 | 208 | Dry and wet | AR | Siting process suspended | N/A |
| Sweden | Disposal | PWR BWR | 220 | 8000 | 5577 | 170 | Wet | AFR | Construction license awaited | Start construction in 2019 |
| Switzerland | Disposal, moratorium on reprocessing | PWR BWR | 59 | 3946 | 1223 | 59 | Dry and wet | Mostly AR | Selection process in progress | Start operation by 2040 |
| USA | Disposal | LWR | 2387 | 72101 | 2248 | Dry and wet | AR | Revised siting process yet to start | GDF to be available by 2048 | |
| Belgium | No decision | PWR | 129 | 3830 | 3334 | 278 | Dry and wet | AR | No siting process to date | Start programme in 2035 |
| Hungary | No decision | PWR | 47 | 1412 | 1075 | 44 | Dry (vault) | Centralised | Site survey to begin in 2014 | Start operation in 2038 |
| South Korea | No decision | PWR HWR | 870 | 16927 | 12629 | 619 | Wet (dry for HWR) | AR | No siting process | N/A |
| China | Reprocessing | PWR HWR | 3000 or 3800 | 600 | Wet (dry for HWR) | Mostly AR | Site investigation in progress | Site selected by 2040 | ||
| France | Reprocessing | PWR, some MOX | 1170 | 18000 | 14504 | 300 | Wet | AFR | Site selection to be confirmed | Start operation in 2025 |
| Japan | Reprocessing | PWR BWR | 342 | 20883 | 14460 | 80 | Wet (dry for two reactors) | AR and AFR | Selection process to be amended | N/A |
| Netherlands | Reprocessing | PWR | 8 | 600 | 521 | 8 | Wet | Centralised | No siting process | N/A |
| Russia | Reprocessing | PWR BWR | 24329 | Dry and wet | AFR | Site selected | Start operation by 2035 | |||
| UK | Reprocessing | PWR GCR | 212 | 12000 | 4481 | 890 | Wet | AFR | Selection process stalled | N/A |
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