Alternatives RWM strategies (ASTRA)

Alternative RWM strategies need to be considered for waste types which do not currently have available WM routes or where WM routes could be optimised for challenging waste forms or where the originally proposed/considered disposal solution in the frame of national concept is updated. These include storage lifetime prolongation, alternative WM solutions (including deep borehole disposal and internationally shared waste management solutions) and topics challenging to SIMS, such as disposal of waste bearing naturally occurring long-lived radionuclides (Depleted Uranium-DU, U, Th, Ra). Alternative strategies can be considered by countries at different stages of programmes and with different volumes of waste. Such strategies were little addressed in EURAD1. Sources for ASTRA include:

• Ideas from the EURAD1 WP ROUTES.
• Issues identified in EC Waste Directive national reports and available other sources.
• Cross cutting topics such as the need for interactions with Civil Society and Knowledge Management.

ASTRA will contribute to identification of R&D needs and optimisation of national waste management programmes.

The objective of this WP is to analyse of readiness, feasibility and challenges of alternative RWM solutions needed by many countries, in particular SIMS, but also larger programmes due to new requests accruing in national programmes to safely manage and dispose of their waste.