Interest in expanding nuclear power globally continues to grow and various studies are underway to examine all issues associated with much expanded nuclear programmes. The most open questions today are related to the security and non-proliferation implications and to the disposal of radioactive wastes. The security and proliferation concerns have been almost entirely focussed on enrichment technology at the front-end of the nuclear fuel cycle and on reprocessing. Although these are the highest risk areas, it is also important that the potential security problems associated with waste management (in particular with the storage and disposal of spent fuel and radioactive wastes) are not neglected. Furthermore, the costs of national geological repositories imply that, for new or small nuclear programmes, such facilities can be implemented only in the far future, if at all. The international community should continue to strengthen its efforts to highlight the risks and to facilitate solutions that reduce the threats of nuclear materials being distributed widely across the globe. In practice, this challenge has been taken up by a number of organisations that are developing initiatives that can alleviate the potential global security and proliferation problems by promoting multinational approaches to the fuel cycle. This paper addresses those initiatives that are concerned with the storage and final disposal of radioactive wastes and spent nuclear fuel.
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ASME 2009 12th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management
October 11–15, 2009
Liverpool, UK
Conference Sponsors:
- Nuclear Engineering Division and Environmental Engineering Division
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978-0-7918-4407-6
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Global Developments in Multinational Initiatives at the Back End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Charles McCombie,
Charles McCombie
Arius Association, Baden, Switzerland
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Neil Chapman,
Neil Chapman
Arius Association, Baden, Switzerland
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Thomas H. Isaacs
Thomas H. Isaacs
Stanford University/LLNL, Stanford, CA
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Charles McCombie
Arius Association, Baden, Switzerland
Neil Chapman
Arius Association, Baden, Switzerland
Thomas H. Isaacs
Stanford University/LLNL, Stanford, CA
Paper No:
ICEM2009-16294, pp. 781-786; 6 pages
Published Online:
December 12, 2010
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McCombie, C, Chapman, N, & Isaacs, TH. "Global Developments in Multinational Initiatives at the Back End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle." Proceedings of the ASME 2009 12th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management. ASME 2009 12th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management, Volume 1. Liverpool, UK. October 11–15, 2009. pp. 781-786. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/ICEM2009-16294
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