ITA and IAEA Collaborate on GDF
The International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are collaborating on developing geological disposal facilities (GDF) for higher activity radioactive waste.
The collaboration builds on the IAEA's recent work, developed with support from the ITA, which resulted in a draft publication on managing the transition to accessing the underground for GDF.
The draft is currently in the publication process at the IAEA, led by scientific secretary Gerald Nieder-Westermann, IAEA officer in the Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology.
Author's summary: ITA and IAEA partner on GDF development.