The management of spent fuel from nuclear power reactors still pose a great challenge with varying competing management and disposal strategies. It is indeed a challenge to talk about the management of spent fuel without considering the main issues of its association with nuclear weapons, and the bitter legacy left by the major nuclear accidents at Chernobyl and Fukushima. However, it is...
For nuclear power to be a sustainable option for Sudan, depleted nuclear fuel management techniques must be implemented that meet strict safety and environmental protection standards, so one solution to these problems may be to use transmutation to convert the nuclides in spent nuclear fuel to ones with shorter half-lives. Both reactor and accelerator-based systems have been examined in the...
The one third of power generation in Armenia is from the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP). Currently is under operation only second unit of ANPP. The safety of the ANPP is a top priority for the Government of Armenia. Strategy on the Safe Management of Radioactive Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel and the Action Plan on its implementation was approved by Government Decrees in 2017 and 2019. The...
The poster report presents the structure of the Strategy of spent fuel management to NPP in the Republic of Belarus. A brief overview of the documents required for the development of the Strategy is presented, as well as relevant intergovernmental agreements.
The presentation provides the different approaches are being considered for spent fuel management, including longtime storage of spent...
