WENRA issues Waste and Spent Fuel Storage Safety Reference Levels Report for comments by stakeholders

According to a mandate given by WENRA members in December 2005, the WENRA Working Group on Waste and Decommissioning (WGWD) has written a report on Waste and Spent Fuel Storage Safety Reference Levels, which is made publicly available for stakeholder’s comments.

This document contains the results of the work of WGWD in the area of the safety for spent fuel and radioactive waste storage facilities. The objective of this report is to provide safety reference levels for these facilities, which are based on corresponding IAEA documents (requirements, guidances, etc). Although the IAEA safety standards establish an essential basis for safety of all nuclear installations covering also the spent fuel and radioactive waste stores, the WENRA safety reference levels incorporate more facility specific requirements.

WENRA now invites stakeholders to send comments on this report before 15th September 2010. All comments will then be considered by the working group before WENRA endorses the report .