White Paper Spells Out Uk's Plans For Finding A Repository Host Town

摘要

The U.K. government has spelled out a detailed process for finding a community willing to host the deep geological radioactive waste repository that the nation plans to build.rnThe U.K.'s outline - detailed in a newly published white paper titled "Managing Radioactive Waste Safely: A Framework for Geological Disposal," is based in part on the experiences of neighboring nations that have found host communities for similar waste repositories.rnThe paper addresses plans for long-term disposal of the country's high-level radioactive waste, offering guidelines for building the repository that include technical issues, regulation, planning processes, site selection and facility design.