This publication provides a global overview of the status of spent fuel and radioactive waste management programmes, inventories, current practices, technologie

The management of spent fuel arising from nuclear power production is a crucial issue for the sustainable development of nuclear energy. The IAEA has issued sev

The projected growth of the nuclear industry and quantities of resultant spent fuel could cause stress to the current international non-proliferation regime. Th

The importance of recycling the spent nuclear fuel through partitioning processes has been recognized worldwide for increasing and sustaining nuclear energy.

Global energy demands are driving a potential expansion in the use of nuclear energy worldwide. It is estimated that the global nuclear power capacity could dou