Abstract
Switzerland has five light water reactors; 39 percent of their electricity is generated from nuclear power. The Swiss distinguish between low-level (LLRW), intermediate-level (ILRW), and high-level wastes (HLRW). LLRW includes waste materials with short-lived, low-level radionuclides; whereas, ILRW consists generally of materials with short-lived radionuclides, although ILRW materials may contain a limited component of long-lived radionuclides. HLRW includes all material with high-level, short-and long-lived radionuclides (Kemp, 1989).
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Vari, A., Reagan-Cirincione, P., Mumpower, J.L. (1994). Switzerland. In: LLRW Disposal Facility Siting. Technology, Risk, and Society, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1120-1_12
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