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Summary SAPIERR-II – Shared, Regional Repositories: Developing a practical implementation strategy Ewoud Verhoef 1 , Charles McCombie, Neil Chapman 2 1 COVRA, Nieuwdorp, Netherlands; 2 ARIUS, Baden, Switzerland The basic concept within both EC funded SAPIERR I and SAPIERR II projects (FP6) is that of one or more geological repositories developed in collaboration by two or more European countries to accept spent nuclear fuel, vitrified high-level waste and other long-lived radioactive waste from those partner countries. The SAPIERR II project (Strategic Action Plan for Implementation of Regional European Repositories) examines in detail issues that directly influence the practicability and acceptability of such facilities. This paper describes the work in SAPIERR II project (2006-2008) on the development of a possible practical implementation strategy for shared, regional repositories in Europe. 1. Introduction This paper reports on new impetus being given to a relatively old idea - multinational waste management solutions. Soon after the peaceful use of nuclear energy began to spread in the 1960s and 70s there were proposals for multinational solutions to providing full fuel cycle services to power plant operators. However, for the final steps in the cycle, the management and disposal of spent fuel or radioactive wastes, it was only reprocessing services that were actually implemented internationally. These were provided by countries such as France, the UK and Russia. These countries originally also provided a disposal service since they did not return any reprocessing wastes to their customers. With time, however, a waste return clause was included in new reprocessing contracts – mainly as a reaction to public and political pressures in the reprocessing countries. Interest revived in the late 1990s, driven both by the high costs of geological repository programmes and also by the security concerns associated with the prospect of fissile material being widely distributed across the world. Although several initiatives were proposed, none led to success, partly because the proposed approaches were judged to be premature and too commercial. Accordingly, in 2002, the not-for-profit organisation, Arius (Association for Regional and International Underground Storage), was established to help partner organisations from various countries explore the possibilities of shared disposal facilities. The current growing worldwide interest in initiating or expanding nuclear power programmes also emphasises the need for all countries to have a credible disposal strategy. For many, especially new or small programmes multinational cooperation leading to shared facilities could be an attractive option, since it optimises use of financial and human resources. For the international community, global environmental and security benefits can be achieved by having fewer repositories for spent fuel and/or high level wastes. 519

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