2. Management practices
2.1 Raw waste storage
Much raw radioactive waste is not processed immediately, or is not processed in line with the industrial processes that produce it in large quantities. It is then stored. This may be to await the decay of activity, to facilitate treatment operations, effluent discharges, the completion of treatment processes or administrative procedures, or in the past for any other reason (historical military or civilian waste). Buffer storage facilities are located in or near production workshops, to await the return of raw waste. These are known as INBs. Buffer storage should not be confused with storage of waste packages awaiting disposal, i.e. ready for their final fate in the more or less distant future. In current practice, buffer storage is short, but raw radioactive...
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Waste in France
Bibliography
Regulations
Légifrance website http://www.legifrance.fr
Law no. 91-1381 of December 30, 1991 on research into radioactive waste management.
Law no. 2006-739 of June 28, 2006 on the sustainable management of radioactive materials and waste.
Law no. 2006-686 of June 13, 2006 on nuclear transparency...
Organizations
French Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning (Meeddat) http://www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr
Office parlementaire d "évaluation des choix scientifiques et technologiques (Opecst) http://www.senat.fr/opecst/index.html
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