India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Management of nuclear waste that will be generated from the planned expansion to 100 GW by 2047 will be in line with current waste management practices.
Waste management philosophy adopted by Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) ensures that no waste, in any physical form, is released/disposed to the environment unless the same is cleared, exempted or excluded from regulation.
India follows a nearly closed nuclear fuel cycle, where spent fuels from domestic sources are reprocessed to recover the useful element for recycle/reuse and thereby, reduce the burden of radioactive wastes. The fissile element recovered from reprocessing of spent fuel is recycled back as a fuel for futur...