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Sunday, December 30, 2018

Disposal of high level radioactive waste


High level wastes are generated in all operations involved in processing of spent nuclear fuel. At every public forum people connected with atomic energy are asked this question: How the department of atomic energy is going to manage this waste? Do we have any clear-cut answers? 

According to experts – NO is the answer.  

High level wastes are only stored under-ground.  The disposal option of burial in deep geological formations is yet to be realised in India. Why the delay is not yet answered. Any other mode of disposal is prone to be extremely unsafe in view of the possibility of occurrence of natural calamities such as tsunami, earthquake, and high floods, and attack by missiles.

Member of the public is of the opinion that the agencies concerned should give a most feasible reply of disposal of the waste in deep geological formations, and start doing it!