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Overview of the Recent Development of Guidelines for Radioactive Waste Management in China

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20m
M-Building (IAEA Headquarters, Vienna)

M-Building

IAEA Headquarters, Vienna

Vienna International Center - Wagramer Str 5 - PO Box 100, 1400 Vienna, Austria
POSTER Track 2 - Managing the interrelationships in policy, strategy, legislation, and regulation

Speaker

DI WU

Description

Regulatory guidelines brought base to ensure reliable and sustainable management of radioactive waste. In the past five years, several radioactive waste management guides were developed and issued by the MEE(NNSA) of China, referring to the IAEA's radioactive waste management guidelines. These recently published guidelines in China covered the storage, disposal, and decommissioning of radioactive waste. These guidelines would benefit for better radioactive waste management to ensure the sustainable development of the nuclear energy and nuclear technology utilization industry. This article, introduced the work of developing new waste management guidelines in China and explained the experience gained from the work.

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