Dept of Industry, Science and Resources
The Australian Radioactive Waste Agency (ARWA) has updated .
This is the first formal update of the inventory since it was published in the in 2018.
The new inventory report:
- summarises what organisations told us about their radioactive waste inventories
- includes the volumes, activity levels and main radionuclides of these waste streams
- estimates the total volume of radioactive waste that exists in Australia and will be produced in the next 50 to 100 years.
For the first time, the inventory covers organisations with relatively small waste inventories. This helps us capture information about the types of waste being stored by schools, universities, hospitals, research institutions and industrial facilities.
The national inventory will be used to develop the safety case and design of the planned ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ Radioactive Waste Management Facility (NRWMF).
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