Waste Management Study for the Disposition of Spent Uranium-Metal Fuel from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)

Abstract

AECL is completing a study commissioned by the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) to examine options for the disposition of spent uranium-metal fuel currently being stored in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Key to the acceptability of this spent-fuel type for disposal in a future high-level waste repository is an understanding of its current condition and continued monitoring for evidence of stability or deterioration. Technical feasibility of several waste management options is discussed and several recommendations are made for the storage conditions of the spent fuel over the next few decades.