International conference on radioactive waste disposal
The International Conference on the Disposal of Radioactive Waste Products (also: International Conference 1959 in Monaco ) was an event after the second nuclear conference in Geneva in Monaco from November 16 to 21, 1959.
background
The International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA or IAEA for short ) and UNESCO organized this conference in order to discuss the problem of the disposal of radioactive waste with simultaneously increasing demand for it. Around 300 scientists from 32 nations were listened to in discussions and lectures on the experiences of the last 15 years.
At the conference itself there was no talk of "waste" but of "valuable objects", since the possibility of reuse as a source of radiation or heat was not excluded.
Result
In general, at the end of the conference the decision was made that it would be better to store radioactive products in solid form or in containers, in artificial or natural caverns in the ground. However, due to the large number of meteorological, hydrological and geological peculiarities of the various countries, it was not possible to provide a uniform solution.
The disposal in the sea ( sea dump ) was not completely ruled out, except in the USSR.
Web links
- S Environmental Protection No. 269 - Nuclear waste disposal projects and practices in other countries at the Baden-Württemberg State Archives
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d host of the conference on Wiley.com (accessed November 5, 2014)
- ↑ a b way! Path!! Path!!! on Die Zeit Online (accessed November 5, 2014)
- ↑ a b The course already set under Adenauer on Braunschweiger-Zeitung.de (accessed on November 5, 2014)