scholarly journals Sustainability of nuclear energy with regard to decommissioning and waste management

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Lindskog ◽  
R. Sjöblom ◽  
B. Labor
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Nuclear Energy

Impact on Nuclear Waste Production of Different Fuel Cycle Strategies

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lionel Boucher ◽  
Jean-Paul Grouiller ◽  
Charles Courtois ◽  
Sylvain David ◽  
Matthieu Maurin
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Nuclear Waste ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Fuel Cycle ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Single Stage ◽  
French Law ◽  
Waste Production ◽  
French Case ◽  
Phase Out

In the frame of the French law for the researches about waste management, different dynamic scenarios have been studied [1]. These scenarios are considering the French case and start from the present situation, which consists in a single stage of Plutonium recycling in PWRs. The scenarios described in this paper take into account two main options: Continuation of nuclear energy or phase out option.

The Role and Objectives of the Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy

1994 ◽  
Vol 353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masayoshi Hayashi
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
International Symposium ◽  
Nuclear Waste ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Atomic Energy Commission ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Atomic Energy ◽  
Keynote Address ◽  
Nuclear Waste Management ◽  
Great Pleasure

It is a great pleasure for me to deliver the keynote address this morning, opening the 18th International Symposium on the Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management. On behalf of the Atomic Energy Commission of Japan, I would like to welcome all of you, particularly those who have travelled across the ocean to attend this symposium.

Introductory remarks

1986 ◽  
Vol 319 (1545) ◽  
pp. 3-3 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Radioactive Waste ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Nuclear Waste ◽  
Food Chain ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Nuclear Waste Management ◽  
Scientific Interest ◽  
Military Applications ◽  
Scale Reactor

Radioactive waste arises in large quantities only as a consequence of the civil and military applications of nuclear energy. The problems connected with its management and eventual disposal are not, therefore, problems that would have suggested themselves as topics for research but for the existence of large-scale reactor operations. Interest in nuclear waste management has therefore both a social and a scientific origin. This is not to say, however, that the researches that are necessary in order safely and responsibly to handle nuclear radioactive waste arisings do not entrain questions of considerable scientific interest in their own right. In particular, the need to find secure disposal routes and sites lead us into geological and marine researches that have a high interest in their own academic right. There is, similarly, very considerable scientific interest in establishing and understanding the interlinked pathways through which nuclear waste, buried or otherwise disposed of, might work its way back into the food chain.

scholarly journals Comparison and Screening of NFC Options in View of Sustainable Performance and Waste Management

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Schwenk-Ferrero ◽  
Andrey Andrianov
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Electric Energy ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Fuel Cycles ◽  
Sustainable Performance ◽  
Nuclear Fuel Cycles

Is it true that the nuclear technology applied to electric energy generation offers a clean, safe, reliable and affordable i.e. sustainable alternative? Yes it is, but its impact on the environment strongly depends on the implementation bearing residual risks due to a human factor, technical failures or natural catastrophes. A full response is therefore difficult and can first be given when the wicked multi-disciplinary problems get well formulated and “solved”. These problems have multi-dimensional nature lying at the interface between: necessary R&D effort, the industrial deployment and the technology impact in view of the environmental sustainability including the management of produced hazardous waste. This enormous complexity indicates that just a description of the problem might represent a problem. The paper proposes a holistic approach to assess the nuclear energy systems potential with respect to sustainable performance applying Multi-criteria decision analysis with a suitable objective tree and a multi-level criteria structure and examines the trading-off techniques for ranking of the alternatives. The framework proposes a multi-criteria and multi-stakeholders treatment which can be used as a pre-decisional support towards an implementation of nuclear fuel cycles adapted to national preferences and priorities. Proposed approach addresses some aspects of the environmental footprint of nuclear energy systems. Advanced nuclear fuel cycles, previously investigated by the NEA/OECD expert group WASTEMAN, are analyzed as a case study. Sustainability facets of waste management, resource utilization and economics are in focus.

Methodological developments and practice in characterisation of unconventional and legacy waste

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Per Strand ◽  
Nick Jefferies ◽  
Yoshikazu Koma ◽  
Jo Plyer
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Management Programme ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Entire System ◽  
Energy Agency ◽  
Basic Features ◽  
The Right ◽  
Waste Characterisation

Abstract Radioactive waste management requires planned and systematic actions to provide confidence that the entire system, processes and final products will satisfy given requirements for quality. The characterisation process is dependent on setting clear characterisation objectives and gathering the right information to underpin the decisions that need to be taken to manage the waste safely. This paper reviews experience of characterisation of waste generated from past nuclear activities that were not conducted in compliance consistent with current criteria, or from unexpected situations that were not planned for. This experience shows that the development of a reliable and efficient characterisation and categorisation methodology is a common challenge for such wastes, referred to here as unconventional and legacy (UL) waste. Through the activites of the Nuclear Energy Agency Expert Group on the Characterisation of Unconventional and Legacy Waste (EGCUL), consideration has been given to widely used waste stream characterisation procedures and methods that were originally developed primarily for application in conventional decommissioning work. Although they provide a substantial basis for characterisation, there are various additional factors that commonly need to be taken into account in the case of UL waste. By analysing the challenges and lessons learned from a variety of case studies and other international experience, it has been possible to identify opportunities for adaptations and enhancements to these characterisation methologies, and these are set out and explained. The need for integration of waste characterisation with other aspects of strategic planning for UL waste management is discussed, including characterisation to address any non-radiological hazards.The analysed case studies have also highlighted the importance of developing a robust legislative and regulatory framework in parallel with an appropriate waste infrastructure to treat, store and dispose of UL waste. Finally, the basic features of a UL waste characterisation roadmap are presented, including the interactions within a wider UL waste management programme and key areas for further consideration and possible development. It is anticipated such work can be supported by continued international cooperation.

Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Waste Management

1985 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Professor Hans G. Forsberg
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Nuclear Waste ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Nuclear Waste Management ◽  
Royal Swedish Academy ◽  
Engineering Sciences ◽  
Energy Politics ◽  
Energy Issues

I can honestly say that I am very proud to get this opportunity to open this symposium and provide a few opening remarks on nuclear energy and nuclear waste management. I was once a nuclear chemist myself. Moreover, the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, IVA, has since her start in 1919 been concerned with all aspects of energy questions and energy politics but particularly in recent decades with the nuclear energy issues.

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