Key Documents on multinational disposal

The files downloadable here are primarily papers and reports authored by Arius members. Additional key documents from international bodies are also included.

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2007 Publications

Publications 2007

Nuclear Renaissance and Waste Management, published in "Spent Fuel" of November 23, 2007 Vol 14, No. 684.
PDF 76 kb

Conference Papers 2007

Is Now the Time for Regional Repositories? Neil Chapman and Charles McCombie, Arius Association, IBC Conference, London, June 2007.
PDF 56 kb

GNEP and other Multinational Options for Spent Fuel Management, Charles McCombie, Arius Association, INMM Conference, Tucson, USA, July 2007.
PDF 52 kb

European Concepts for Shared Storage and Disposal Facilities for Radioactive Wastes? Ewoud Verhoef, Hans Codée, COVRA, Charles McCombie, Arius and Vladan Stefula, DECOM, Slovakia, ICEM07 Bruges September 2-6, 2007.
PDF 79 kb

The Crucial Importance of the Back-End in Multinational Initiatives to Enhance Fuel Cycle Security, Charles McCombie, Neil Chapman, Arius Association, Thomas H. Isaacs, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA, ICEM07 Bruges September 2-6, 2007.
PDF 67 kb

Multinational Cooperation in Geological Disposal: Sharing of Concepts, Results, Research Projects and Facilities, Charles McCombie, Arius Association, REPOSAFE 2007, Braunschweig, Germany November 6-9, 2007.
PDF 46 kb

2006 Publications ^ back to top

Publications 2006

Does Dual Ownership of Waste Imply a Regional Disposal Approach? Irena Mele, ARAO, Slovenia, WM'06 Conference, February 26-March 2 2006, Tucson Arizona
PDF 122 kb

A cleaner, safer world – how can Australia help, Charles McCombie, Australia's Paydirt, March 2006, Uranium Preview
PDF 11 kb

Zu den politischen und rechtlichen Bedingungen der Errichtung eines internationalen Lagers für hochradioaktive Abfälle, Europäisches Umwelt- und Planungsrecht, Christina Boutellier and Charles McCombie, 3, 2006
PDF 187 kb

Multinational repositories: ethical, legal and political/public aspects, International Journal of Nuclear Law, Christina Boutellier, Charles McCombie and Irena Mele,  Vol. 1, No. 1, 2006
PDF 143 kb

Nuclear Power, Nuclear Waste and Geological Disposal, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Charles McCombie in Press
PDF 47 kb

Management of High-Level RW, Charles McCombie Environmental Safety, Russia, 3 2006
PDF 4,703 kb

Do It Together ... Or Wait, Hans D.K. Codée, COVRA N.V., Netherlands, WM'06 Conference, February 26-March 2 2006, Tucson Arizona
PDF 1,314 kb

Progress with Multinational Repository Concepts, Charles McCombie and Neil Chapman, Arius, Switzerland, Geological Challenges in Radioactive Waste Isolation Conference, Berkeley, USA, April 27-28 April 2006
PDF 66 kb

Multinational and Regional Disposal Initiatives: Nearing a Turning Point, Charles McCombie and Neil Chapman, IHRWM, Las Vegas, USA, April 30-May 4, 2006
PDF 55 kb

The dependence of nuclear energy expansion on national and multinational progress in waste management, Dr Charles McCombie, The Nuclear Energy Financing Global Summit, Paris, France 27-28 June 2006
PDF 19 kb

Internationalising the Back-End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Charles McCombie, IBC Global Conference, London, UK, 12-14 June 2006
PDF 45 kb

The Role of Spent Fuel Storage in Multinational Approaches to the Backend of the Fuel Cycle, Neil Chapman & Charles McCombie, IAEA International Conference on Management of Spent Fuel from Nuclear Power Reactors, Vienna, Austria 19-23 June 2006
PDF 118 kb

Role and Status of Geological Disposal, Charles McCombie, International Seminar on Planetary Emergencies, 36th Session, Erice, Italy 18-26 August 2006
PDF 59 kb

Multinational/Regional Repository – an Illusion or Solution, Irena Mele, International Conference Nuclear Energy for New Europe 2006, Portoroz, Slovenia, September 18-21, 2006
PDF 243 kb

Managing Australian Radioactive Waste in an International Environment, Kurzeme M., McCombie C., Chapman N., 15th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference, Sydney, Australia, 15-20 October 2006
PDF 36 kb

RWM and the Nuclear Renaissance, Charles McCombie, 15th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference, Sydney, Australia, 15-20 October 2006
PDF 53 kb

Reports 2006

Ensuring Security of Supply in the International Nuclear Fuel Cycle-WNA Report
PDF 237 kb

2005 Publications ^ back to top

The importance for Bulgaria of Multilateral Approaches to the Back-end of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Bulatom '05 Conference, Bulgaria, Varna, 15-18 June, 2005
PDF 112 kb

Overview of National Laws in Relation to a Regional Repository: Legal and other Non-technical Aspects of Multinational Repositories, IAEA Joint US/Russian Workshop, 1-2 June 2005, Vienna
PDF 82 kb

The Importance of Storage and Disposal in Multinational Approaches to the Fuel Cycle, Rosatom-IAEA Conference, Moscow, 13-15 July 2005
PDF 53 kb

Global Perspectives on High-Level Waste Management, Nuclear Power Asia Pacific, Hong-Kong, 12-15 July 2005
PDF 27 kb

Developments in Multinational Disposal Initiatives, ICEM05, Glasgow, Scotland, 4-8 September 2005
PDF 47kb

SAPIERR Project: Pilot Initiative for European Regional Repositories - Interim Results, ICEM05, Glasgow, Scotland, 4-8 September 2005
PDF 58 kb

SAPIERR - Idea of European Regional Repositories is Taking Shape, IAEA, Tokyo, Japan, September 2005
PDF 45 kb

SAPIERR-1-Final Report D7 PDF 557 kb

Multi-National Repositories: Ethical, Legal and Political/Public Aspects, Nuclear Inter Jura 2005, Portoroz, Slovenia October 9-14, 2005
PDF 237 kb

Multinational repositories for radioactive wastes: one component of a dual track waste management strategy, ENRESA House Journal, Estratos, 2005
PDF 37 kb

National Laws in Relation to Regional Repositories, Safety Barrier Magazine, Russia No 3-4' 2005
PDF 591 kb

What will it take to develop an international repository in Russia?, Safety Barrier Magazine, Russia No 3-4' 2005
PDF 233 kb

2004 Publications ^ back to top

Siting Multinational Facilities: A Bottom-Up Approach
WM'04 Conference - 29 February - 4 March 2004, Tucson, Arizona
PDF 41 kb

SAPIERR Paves The Way Towards European Regional Repository
5th International Conference on Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids, Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 16-20, 2004.
PDF 46 kb

Do shared repositories represent unethical "nuclear dumping"?
Article in Nuclear Engineering International, May 2004
PDF 51 kb

Problems of an international repository for radioactive waste: Political and legal aspects of international repositories
10. AIDN/INLA-Regionaltagung der Deutschen Landesgruppe 2. und 3. September 2004
PDF 181 kb

Nuclear Fuel Cycle Centres - an Old and New Idea
2004 Annual Symposium of the World Nuclear Association, 8-10 Sept. 2004
PDF 81 kb

Inventoriy of Radioactive Waste (WP1, Deliverable 1) and
Technical Report on Legal Aspects (WP 1, Deliverable D2)
SAPIERR: Support Action: Pilot Initiative for European Regional Repositories, Project co-funded by the European Commission under the Euratom Research and Training Programme on Nuclear Energy within the Sixth Framework Programme (2002-2006)
and supported by the Swiss Federal Office for Education and Science
(www.sapierr.net)

IAEA-Tecdoc-1413 - Developing multinational radioactive waste repositories: Infrastructural framework and scenarios of cooperation. (October 2004)
PDF 524 kb

2003 Publications ^ back to top

Regional and International Solutions for Long-Lived Radioactive Waste Disposal: the ARIUS initiative
10th International IHLRWM conference in Las Vegas,
Nevada, March 30 - April 3, 2003: Regional and International Solutions for Long-Lived Radioactive Waste Disposal: the ARIUS initiative
PDF 28 kb

Progress with Multnational Storage and Disposal Concepts
ICEM '03: The 9th international conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation, September 21-25, 2003, Examination School, Oxford, England
PDF 53 kb

Enhancing safey and security in a sharing society, Nuclear Engineering International / 2003
PDF 17 kb

Increasing Interest in the Safety, Security and Economic Aspects of Multinational Repositories, The Nuclear Engineer / Vol 44, No. 6, November/December 2003
PDF 27 kb

2002 Publications ^ back to top

Progress Towards International Repositories
WM'02 Coference, 24-28 February 2002, Tucson, AZ, USA
PDF 78 kb

Regional And International Repositories: Not If, But How and When
WNA Symposium, 5-7 September 2002, London, UK
PDF 149 kb