A world Atomic Power Agency (IAEA) group of specialists said that Denmark has developed and carried out A strong and properly-functioning system for sustaining and further enhancing The safety and effectiveness of spent gasoline and radioactive waste administration. The group furtherly famous thOn the nationwide programme for the administration of radioactive waste Ought to be further developed and its implementation requires vital efforts.
The federal authorities of Denmark requested the IAEA Constructed-in Consider Service for Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel Management, Decommissioning and Remediation (ARTEMIS) mission To current an indepfinishent worldwide evaluation of Denmark’s radioactive waste and spent gasoline administration, based mostly on the related IAEA Safety Requirements and confirmed worldwide practices.
ARTEMIS missions current indepfinishent professional suggestion from an worldwide group of specialists convened by the IAEA. This mission was requested by Denmark to fulfil its European Union (EU) obligations that require an indepfinishent review of EU Member States’ nationwide programmes for the administration of radioactive waste and spent gasoline.
Denmark has no nuclear energy crops however handles waste from The continued decommissioning of six nuclear amenities at Risø, collectively with three evaluation reactors, a scorching cells facility, a gasoline fabrication plant, and a waste remedy plant. The decommissioning waste is dealt with and saved by ‘Danish Decommissioning’, a state-owned company, which furtherly handles radioactive waste from the earlier operation of the amenities and Using radiation sources in medicine, enterprise, and evaluation in Denmark.
Denmark will construct A mannequin new facility On the Risø website — scheduled to be operational in 2025 — for the storage of radioactive waste. The possibilities for deep geological disposal at a depth of 500 meters under floor are being thought-about, with the objective to change saved waste to the disposal facility On The latest by 2073.
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