Status of the Canadian Nuclear Fuel Waste Management Program

Abstract

The Canadian Nuclear Fuel Waste Management Program is in the fifth year of a ten-year generic research and development phase. The major objective of this phase of the program is to assess the basic safety and environmental aspects of the concept of isolating immobilized fuel waste by deep underground disposal in plutonic rock.


The major scientific and engineering components of the program, namely immobilization studies, geoscience research, and environmental and safety assessment, are well established.