Worldwide, waste management concepts include big challenges especially for high-level waste. A disposal facility for high-level waste is not yet in operation. Storage time will be extended on uncertain timeframes with unclear consequences. Despite of negative examples of failed selection procedures or abandoned repositories, there is no foreseeable possible alternative to a deep geological disposal.
The waste management paths for low and intermediate-level waste are also not fully developed and involve uncertainties. An additional difficulty here is the diversity of waste types and their treatment, which in turn has consequences for storage and disposal.
INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS, Öko-Institut, April 2019
