Euradwaste '08 - EU Bookshop - Europa

With the support of IAEA preliminary siting investigations have been performed in green schists in
Dobrogea, a sparsely populated area near Cernavoda.
Esko Ruokola
Finland was presented as a success story with regard to political commitment on geological disposal,
with a decision taken in 1983.
In the mid 90's with the establishment of a legislation prohibiting import and/or export of radioactive
waste, export of radioactive waste to Russia was stopped, reinforcing the option to go for deep
geological disposal.
As confirmed by the series of Eurobarometers on nuclear safety and on radioactive waste (the last
one issued in June 2008), a large majority of Finns is favourable, both at national and local levels,
to nuclear energy and consider that geological disposal is a safe solution to implement for the management
of their spent fuel. Moreover most Finns, who have been deeply involved in the nuclear
programme early in its development, are confident in their policy makers, regulators and operators.
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