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SUMMARY:Status of Used Nuclear Fuel and Radioactive Waste Long-term Manage
 ment Programs in Canada
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Miklos Garamszeghy (Nuclear Waste Management Organiz
 ation)\nIn Canada\, used CANDU (CANada Deuterium Uranium) nuclear fuel fro
 m the operation of 22 current and former nuclear power reactors\, as well 
 as several prototype and demonstration reactors\, is stored in water-fille
 d pools for about seven to ten years before it is transferred to licensed 
 dry storage containers at the nuclear reactor sites. Although safe\, this 
 storage practice requires continuous institutional controls such as securi
 ty\, safeguards\, monitoring and maintenance.  \n\nIn November 2002\, the 
 Canadian Parliament passed the Nuclear Fuel Waste Act (NFWA). It required 
 the major owners of used nuclear fuel in Canada to establish the Nuclear W
 aste Management Organization (NWMO). The initial phase of the mandate was 
 to perform a three year study of suitable approaches for the safe\, long-t
 erm management of used nuclear fuel\, and to recommend a preferred approac
 h to the Government of Canada.  The study\, which included extensive dialo
 g across Canada with elected officials\, specialists and the general publi
 c\, was completed and the report with a recommendation was submitted to th
 e Government in November 2005.\n\nIn June 2007\, the Government of Canada 
 approved the recommended Adaptive Phased Management (APM) approach.  It is
  consistent with long-term management best practices adopted by other coun
 tries with nuclear power programs.  The NWMO was given the mandate to impl
 ement APM.\n\nAPM is both a technical method and a management system. The 
 end point of the technical method is the centralized containment and isola
 tion of Canada's used fuel in a Deep Geological Repository (DGR) in an are
 a with suitable geology and an informed and willing host community. APM al
 so involves the development of a transportation system to move the used fu
 el from the facilities where it is currently stored to the new site.\nThe 
 management system involves realistic\, manageable phases\, each marked by 
 explicit decision points. It allows for flexibility in the pace and manner
  of implementation\, and fosters the sustained engagement of people and co
 mmunities throughout its implementation.\n\nAPM is also designed to meet r
 igorous safety standards throughout all aspects of its design and implemen
 tation. As per this approach\, the used fuel will be isolated and containe
 d in a DGR located in a stable crystalline or sedimentary rock formation a
 t a nominal depth of 500 m below ground surface in a willing and informed 
 host community.\n\nThe DGR concept contains multiple engineered barriers t
 o safely contain and isolate the used fuel over the long-term. The geosphe
 re enclosing the repository provides a natural barrier to protect the wast
 e form and EBS\, and to mitigate repository releases at time frames releva
 nt to repository safety.\n\nThis presentation focusses on the current stat
 us of the APM program but will also briefly discuss the status of other lo
 ng-term radioactive waste management activities in Canada.\n\nhttps://even
 ts01.synchrotron.org.au/event/51/contributions/1173/
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