Annex C Overview Matrix of Current Policies and Practices in Australia – Type of Liability Long-Term Funding of Current Practice / Planned Facilities Management Policy Liabilities Facilities Spent Fuel Spent fuel to be Commonwealth On-site storage National ILW transported to France funded. followed by storage facility for reprocessing. The overseas pending resulting ILW is stored reprocessing and development of a pending transfer to interim storage of final disposal national facility. returned waste. facility for ILW. Nuclear Fuel On-site disposal for Responsibility of On-site disposal. mining and processing mine by means Wastes tailings. of bond. For legacy wastes, funding by the jurisdiction. Application Commonwealth, State Funding by the WA: disposal at NRWMF Wastes and Territory Commonwealth for State near surface management of LLW Commonwealth disposal facility. and ILW. Other jurisdictions: For other storage at site of jurisdictions, generation or at funding is by the central storage owner of waste. facilities within each jurisdiction. Decommissioning Planned Commonwealth HIFAR licence NRWMF – decommissioning of funded. granted to possess HIFAR research and control reactor. facility. A detailed OPAL research reactor characterisation has met preliminary program is decommissioning plan underway. requirements. Disused Sealed Repatriation to Owner Repatriation to NRWMF Sources manufacturer where manufacturer possible. where possible; otherwise storage awaiting disposal.
Annex C – Overview Matrix of Current Policies and Practices in Australia Type of Liability Long-Term Management Policy Funding of Liabilities Current Practice / Facilities Planned Facilities Spent Fuel Spent fuel to be transported to France for reprocessing. The resulting ILW is stored pending transfer to national facility. Commonwealth funded. On-site storage followed by overseas reprocessing and interim storage of returned waste. National ILW storage facility pending development of a final disposal facility for ILW. Nuclear Fuel Wastes On-site disposal for mining and processing tailings. Responsibility of mine by means of bond. For legacy wastes, funding by the jurisdiction. On-site disposal. Application Wastes Commonwealth, State and Territory management of LLW and ILW. Funding by the Commonwealth for Commonwealth For other jurisdictions, funding is by the owner of waste. WA: disposal at State near surface disposal facility. Other jurisdictions: storage at site of generation or at central storage facilities within each jurisdiction. NRWMF Decommissioning Planned decommissioning of HIFAR research reactor. OPAL research reactor has met preliminary decommissioning plan requirements. Commonwealth funded. HIFAR – licence granted to possess and control facility. A detailed characterisation program is underway. NRWMF Disused Sealed Sources Repatriation to manufacturer where possible. Owner Repatriation to manufacturer where possible; otherwise storage awaiting disposal. NRWMF
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