Sources of further information and advice

A comprehensive description of all aspects of geological disposal is:

Geological Repository Systems for Safe Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuels and Radioactive Waste, eds. Joonhong Ahn and Michael J. Apted, Woodhead Publishing 2010.

Somewhat older but still useful is:

The Scientific and Regulatory Basis for the Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste, ed. David Savage, John Wiley 1995.

Without exception national waste management organisations are committed to openness and transparency. Consequently, it is normal for them to provide a vast amount of information, including reports at every level of detail, on their websites. Similarly, the IAEA provides free downloads of its technical publications on its website. Some useful addresses are provided in Table 18.2.

Table 18.2 Useful addresses and websites

Organisation

Full name and address

Website

Andra

Agence nationale pour la gestion des dechets radioactifs

1/7, rue Jean Monnet, Parc de la Croix-Blanche, 92298 Chatenay-Malabry, Cedex, France

www. andra. fr

IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency Wagramer Strasse 5, PO Box 100, Vienna, Austria

www. ieae. org

NDA

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Waste Management Division (formerly UK Nirex Ltd) Curie Ave, Harwell, Didcot, Oxon, UK

www. nda. gov. uk

NEA-OECD

Nuclear Energy Agency of the Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris, France

www. nea. fr

Posiva

Posiva Oy, Olkiluoto, FI-27160 Eurajoki, Finland

www. posiva. fi

SCK-CEN

Studiecentrum voor Kernenergie/Centre d’Etude de l’Energie Nucleaire Boeretang 200, BE-2400 MOL, Belgium

www. sckcen. be

SKB

Svensk Karnbranslehantering Blekholmstorget 30, Box 250, SE-101 24 Stockholm

www. skb. se

US DOE

US Department of Energy

1000 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC

20585, USA

www. energy. gov