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State of knowledge and experimental program (East of France)
| Author | ANDRA |
| Date | 1996 |
| Classification | 2.02.4.10/11 (FRANCE - WASTE (ANDRA)) |
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Introduction Safety through research All human activities generate waste, conventional industrial activities as well as those associated with nuclear energy and the use of radioactivity. In this area, power generation as well as certain medical activities and industries generate about 22,000 m3 of radioactive waste every year. Industrial alternatives are available for managing 90% of the radwaste produced, namely low- and medium-level and short-lived waste. This waste is disposed of in near-surface facilities designed and run by ANDRA. For high-level, long-lived radwaste, a safe solution is available for the short and medium term, covering a period of several decades: this waste, which accounts for 10% of the total volume of all radwaste produced in France, is temporarily stored at the place of production. Scientific and technical resources are available today for conducting research, developing safe solutions to manage this waste while its radioactivity declines over tens of thousands of years. To apply these technical options, France has set up a precise framework for legal action, based on the knowledge gained in several years in the nuclear sciences, the material sciences and the earth sciences. This framework has been provided by a law, the law of 30 December 1991. It orients the different research and determines the rate at which they are to be conducted. Its objective: «The management of high-level and long-lived waste with full respect for the protection of nature, the environment and health, in due consideration of the rights of future generations». To achieve these aims, three research directions were set by the law of 30 December 1991 and are now pursued jointly. They will be evaluated by the French government and parliament in 2006: • research on processes for the separation and transmutation of long-lived radio elements present in the waste, • investigation of the possibilities of reversible or irreversible disposal in deep geological repositories, particularly through the construction of underground research laboratories, • the study of methods for the conditioning and long-term surface storage of the waste. ANDRA's mission fits into this legislative framework. By the law of 30 December 1991, ANDRA became a state-owned establishment.
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