Activities and Member Services

The areas of interest for Arius include:

• Regional storage of long-lived waste in Europe
• Transport of wastes to international storage and disposal facilities
• Regional repositories in Europe
• International or multinational repositories outside Europe
• Treaties/agreements/liabilities affecting transport and import/export of wastes
• Regulatory and licensing processes
• Economic aspects of shared storage and disposal facilities
• Public attitudes to import and export of wastes

Arius is involved in promoting the regional and multinational storage and disposal concept around the world. This involves exploration of feasible options and the establishment of links with key national and international organisations. Currently, a strong focus is on the possibility of developing shared regional repositories for countries within the EU.

Arius provides members with a quarterly Newsletter (issues of which are available to non-members: see "Newsletter" link on the left of this page) and a database service for members (link on the left of this page).