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When geological disposal is planned, the first question to be answered is: How safe is it? This is the most fundamental question to be answered, and it comes not only from the regulatory authorities but also from the general public, waste generators and waste disposers. Performance assessment, therefore, has been carried out over the years to answer this question.
The nuclear regulatory system in Japan has been changed significantly after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident in March 2011. Descriptions in this chapter have been translated from the book originally published in Japanese before the accident, with minimal update where appropriate.
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Ahn, J., Nakayama, S. (2015). Performance Assessment of the Radioactive Waste Disposal System. In: Nagasaki, S., Nakayama, S. (eds) Radioactive Waste Engineering and Management. An Advanced Course in Nuclear Engineering. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55417-2_7
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