Waste management issues relating to the construction of deep geological repositories, including the encapsulation plant and long-term dry storage of spent fuel elements
To date, ENSI has geared its research into the disposal of radioactive waste towards the assessments required by the Sectoral Plan for Deep Geological Repositories. As the deadline for finding sites approaches, this focus will gradually shift to the construction of deep geological repositories and the encapsulation plant. In view of the plan to commission a deep geological repository for high-level waste from 2060 onwards, the periods over which spent fuel elements will need to be stored on an interim basis have also been extended.
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Tumour risk analysis: ENSI publishes scientific paper on calculation models
Calculations of radiation-induced tumour risks should also take account of uncertainties in the models used. This is the conclusion reached by ENSI radiation protection expert Luana Hafner and physicist Alberto Stabilini in their scientific paper. In a collaboration with epidemiologist Linda Walsh, they compared different risk assessment models.