India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
managed/disposed under the provisions of "The Atomic Energy Act, 1962", subsequent amendments and the Atomic Energy (Safe Disposal of Radioactive Wastes) Rules, 1987.
As a waste management philosophy, no waste in any physical form is released/ disposed to the environment unless same is cleared, exempted or excluded from regulations. Low and intermediate level waste generated from operation and maintenance of a nuclear power plants are managed at plant site itself. These wastes are treated, concentrated, compacted, immobilised in solid like cement and disposed in specially constructed structures such as reinforcement concrete trenches and tile holes located at the site. The dis...