Lessons from national approaches: A long uphill struggle in search of sites for repositories for nuclear waste locations
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2024
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A quarter of a century ago, a long-term expert in the nuclear waste scene stated that "the management of spent nuclear fuel and high-level nuclear waste has the deserved reputation as one of the most intractable policy issues facing the United States and other nations using nuclear reactors for electric power generation"(North, 1999, p. 751). Apart of exceptions, this statement is still true. At some points, however, there is light at the end of the tunnel if we can read the signs of the times. It will be a long hike, in steep terrain, poor visibility and with an approximate destination. We need a safe and acceptable site, tolerated by the affected parties, where a repository can be built, operated and, finally, closed down in reasonable course by a generation to come and with a clear conscience. This contribution does not present the silver bullet (which does not exist) but suggests some criteria and characteristics which have not been respected in the history of final disposal - but they should be. It needs adequate resources: stable structures, competent institutions, learning personnel (in institutions and civil society), mature and open discourse as well as sufficient time. Based on https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-6514 (Flüeler, 2024a). Copyright:
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65
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55 - 70
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09451 - Patt, Anthony G. / Patt, Anthony G.