The difficulty occurred in nuclear power plants that the accumulated radioactive solid waste is beyond the design capacity and unable to be sent to disposal is focused on in this paper. The deep reasons for the difficulty occurred are concluded to be the unclear responsibility for disposal of radioactive waste and the divided national function of nuclear power development and radioactive waste management, by analyzing the disposal demand of radioactive solid waste caused by continuous development of nuclear power and the current situation and existing problems for the disposal of low-intermediate level radioactive solid waste in China. The policy suggestions of issuing the disposal siting plan of radioactive solid waste, forming independent firms of radioactive waste storage and disposal and improving radioactive waste management fund system are proposed based on above analysis and investigation.
Geology of the Arco-Big Southern Butte area, eastern Snake River Plain, and volcanic hazards to the radioactive waste management complex, and other waste storage and reactor facilities at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho