The spent fuel as such is not disposed. The country has adopted close fuel cycle option which involves reprocessing and recycling of the spent fuel. Singh however added that spent fuel is not considered as a waste in india.
The current installed nuclear power capacity is around 4 780 mw and is expected to reach 10 080 mw by 2019. Nuclear waste is treated based on type of waste solid liquid and gas and also based on activity before disposing and they are prominently disposed of in the exclusion zone of nuclear reactor area or near to nuclear re processing plants. But as the country plans an ambitious growth in nuclear power 63000 mw by 2032 a waste disposal site.
Nuclear waste generated in india so far is too small to deserve a separate repository. Since 1993 ocean disposal has been banned by international treaties. From 1946 through 1993 thirteen countries used ocean disposal or ocean dumping as a method to dispose of nuclear radioactive waste the waste materials included both liquids and solids housed in various containers as well as reactor vessels with and without spent or damaged nuclear fuel.
Feeding the weapons program was ucil s duty and protecting the mines became paramount. This idea was cemented when india tested nuclear devices in 1998 in twin blasts. India s nuclear project is seen as the country s most prestigious enterprise a tangible expression of the nation s resilience and resourcefulness.
The reprocessed uranium also known as the spent fuel material. Originally reprocessing was used solely to extract plutonium for producing nuclear weapons with commercialization of nuclear power the reprocessed plutonium was recycled back into mox nuclear fuel for thermal reactors. Nuclear reprocessing is the chemical separation of fission products and unused uranium from spent nuclear fuel.
The world nuclear waste report focuses on europe and presents the latest facts and figures on nuclear waste and its challenges. No country has a final disposal site for nuclear waste in operation yet. The final disposal of nuclear waste poses major challenges to governments worldwide.
These nsdfs in india.
Nuclear waste disposal sites in india. Figure 3 shows different modules of a near surface disposal facility. India has extensive and varied experience in the operation of near surface disposal facilities in widely different geo hydrological and climatological conditions. As a national policy nsdf is co located at each site of nuclear installations in india. The united states is home to 21 stranded nuclear waste storage sites according to a new map from the congressional research service that displays a total of 80 sites where the country s.
Of site selection and host rock characterization for an underground research laboratory is under evaluation. 1 near surface disposal as a national policy each nuclear facility in india has its own near surface disposal f acility nsdf. There are seven nsdfs currently operational within the country.
There are seven nsdfs currently operational within the country. 1 near surface disposal as a national policy each nuclear facility in india has its own near surface disposal f acility nsdf. Of site selection and host rock characterization for an underground research laboratory is under evaluation.
The united states is home to 21 stranded nuclear waste storage sites according to a new map from the congressional research service that displays a total of 80 sites where the country s. As a national policy nsdf is co located at each site of nuclear installations in india. India has extensive and varied experience in the operation of near surface disposal facilities in widely different geo hydrological and climatological conditions.
Figure 3 shows different modules of a near surface disposal facility.
