The development of a National Plan for Radioactive Waste and Recoverable Material Management is a priority for the French Nuclear Safety Authority. The main objective is to define a management solution for each type of radioactive waste produced. Radioactive waste without an existing management solution is to be clearly identified and management solutions are to be proposed within a reasonable time frame The plan should take into account principles being applied for waste in general and also for radiation protection. The Nuclear Safety Authority is overseeing the production of the plan which is submitted periodically to a plenary group in which stakeholders involved in radioactive waste management are represented. A draft of the National Plan for Radioactive Waste and Recoverable Material Management has been available since July 2005 and the plan, in its final version, may become an appendix of the law on high level radioactive waste which is expected to be discussed by Parliament in 2006. The key elements of the plan may also become one of the articles of the law.
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