IAEA Safety Standards Borehole Disposal Facilities for Radioactive Waste

INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY

VIENNA

ISBN 978–92 –0–109109–3

ISSN 1020–525X

The fundamental safety objective is to protect people and the

environment from harmful effects of ionizing radiation.

This fundamental safety objective of protecting people — individually

and collectively — and the environment has to be achieved without

unduly limiting the operation of facilities or the conduct of activities that

give rise to radiation risks.

— Fundamental Safety Principles: Safety Fundamentals,

IAEA Safety Standards Series No. SF-1 (2006)

Safety through international standards

IAEA Safety Standards

Borehole Disposal

Facilities for Radioactive

Waste

for protecting people and the environment

http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1418_web.pdf