Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste Technology Platform

A growing consensus exists both in Europe and other parts of the world that deep geological disposal is the most appropriate solution to dispose of spent fuel, high-level waste, and other long-lived radioactive wastes. The European waste management organisations share the opinion that it is time to proceed to licence the construction and operation of deep geological repositories for disposal. This view is also shared by most stakeholders in Europe. The Implementing Geological Disposal Technology Platform (IGD-TP) will provide opportunities to take part in the planning of research, development and demonstration (RD&D) activities, to participate in important information exchange and knowledge transfer and to efficiently contribute to the objective of implementation of the first repositories for spent fuel, high-level waste, and other long-lived radioactive wastes by 2025. The Vision Document has been prepared by an Interim Executive Group (IEG) with members from SKB (Sweden), Posiva(Finland), Andra (France) and the federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi, Germany).