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- Title
Global Review of International Nuclear Waste Management.
- Authors
Fernández-Arias, Pablo; Vergara, Diego; Antón-Sancho, Álvaro
- Abstract
In the current situation of global energy transition, nuclear energy maintains its reputation as a stable power generation technology, without dependence on other resources and without CO2 emissions. However, one of the main problems with its use is the management of the radioactive waste it generates, which has given rise to different international strategies: (i) reprocessing; (ii) storage; and (iii) disposal. Given the interest generated by nuclear energy in recent times and the need to manage the waste generated, this paper presents a global review of the different international nuclear waste management strategies, using a scientific method based on (i) a bibliometric review of the scientific publications related to nuclear waste management and (ii) an analysis of the technical aspects of the different international management strategies. The effective and safe management of nuclear waste will contribute to the advancement of international nuclear energy development strategies that encourage the construction of new nuclear power plants and the lifetime extension of existing ones.
- Subjects
RADIOACTIVE wastes; WASTE management; RENEWABLE energy transition (Government policy); NUCLEAR energy; NUCLEAR power plants; ENERGY development; SCIENTIFIC method; RADIOACTIVE waste management
- Publication
Energies (19961073), 2023, Vol 16, Issue 17, p6215
- ISSN
1996-1073
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/en16176215