Final disposal possibilities of radioactive waste components from ITER

Future fusion reactors will generate radioactive material. In the present paper results from a study on disposal possibilities of radioactive waste components from the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor are presented. The possibilities for final disposal of the waste components after 100 years of decay was investigated based on present and planned principles for management of radioactive waste in Germany, Sweden, France and Italy. Four different repository types intended for disposal of low- and intermediate-level waste or non-heat generating radioactive waste from nuclear fission facilities and other sources were considered in the study: Konrad in Germany, SFR in Sweden, Centre de Stockage de l'Aube in France and a future repository for low-level waste in Italy. For the waste that could not be accepted in those repositories deep geological facilities were considered.