Nuclear Waste Management: International Best Practices

Most countries with commercial nuclear power production have plans in place to isolate the wastes from their nuclear fuel cycle in a deep geological repository (DGR). For example, Belgium, China, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Sources for the following information include: Nuclear Waste Management Organization, World Nuclear Association and the National Energy Institute.

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