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Paper presented at Spectrum '86 (1986)

Auteur	COVRA
Datum	1986
Classificatie	1.01.9.10/08 (COVRA - ALGEMEEN)
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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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