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Represents the nuclear energy and nuclear technologies industry. This article defines nuclear waste and describes how to safely dispose of it.

Regulates commercial nuclear power plants, transport of nuclear materials and operation of nuclear waste storage and disposal facilities.
This article defines different types of nuclear waste and links to how the different types are regulated.

"NEW framework for the management of radioactive waste in Australia aims to clarify the governance arrangements, responsibilities and the core requirements that come with developing a storage facility."

"Germany is facing a nuclear waste crisis in Lower Saxony, the North German Public Radio reported on Monday. An examination of about 432 barrels of low-level nuclear waste stored in the town of Leese indicates possible leaks and an urgent need to dry them, re-pack them and re-seal them."

"Beneath a forested patch of land on the Gulf of Bothnia, at the bottom of a steep tunnel that winds for three miles through granite bedrock, Finland is getting ready to entomb its nuclear waste."

"Ignace is still in the running to be Canada’s destination for nuclear waste. In January, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization completed the drilling of the first borehole between Ignace and Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation. That was the first step in determining if Ignace is a suitable location for an underground nuclear waste repository. Now, NWMO is planning to drill a few more holes in the Ignace area later this year."

New York times

Documentary about Fukushima disaster