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Paper presented at Spectrum '86
| Author | COVRA |
| Date | 1986 |
| Classification | 1.01.9.10/08 (COVRA INTERIM WASTE STORAGE - GENERAL) |
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RADWASTE MANAGEMENT IN THE NETHERLANDS: A DUTCH APPROACH J. Vrijen COVRA, Petten, The Netherlands ABSTRACT In the Netherlands the particular circumstances of the past led to the situation that one might observe right now. In order to be able to understand the logic in some of the choices that have been made, it is necessary to go back in history. From that approach the present and future functioning of COVRA, the Netherlands Central Organization for Radioactive Waste is outlined. INTRODUCTION Directly after World War II was over, nuclear research and somewhat later also nuclear industry was organised in the Netherlands. Reason for this was a fair amount of yellow cake already present in the Netherlands before WWII, but safely hidden during these years of war. At that time public interests were all in favour of fast reconstruction of Dutch industry. Every new development that could be useful was accepted with great enthousiasm. This held for the shipyards, for construction and building industries and also for new industrial developments like the chemical, electronical and energy industries. Each member of the Dutch society had or could have a job and all welcomed the profitable consequences of their labour. And as far as the later "Atoms For Peace" was concerned this new issue resulted in a rather large group of highly motivated new institutions and companies, each dedicated to a special task field in this new nuclear area.
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