EURAD EC project – overview of the routes work package: identified key issues and open questions about waste management routes in Europe, from cradle to grave

The ROUTES Work Package (WP) is one of the two strategic studies being conducted as part European Joint Programme on Radioactive Waste Management (EURAD). ROUTES’ objectives are (i) to provide a framework for Union’s member states (MS) share methodologies, experiences, and knowledge in situations which waste management strategy difficult define well (ii) compare national approaches strategies management. work considers programmes at different stages their development deals with amounts types radioactive waste. expected output identifying Research & Development (R&D) needs opportunities collaboration between MS, need not be confined or EURAD frameworks. This has enabled partners identify key issues such retrieving poorly characterised legacy from predisposal disposal facility, implementing specific solutions absence well-defined WAC developing innovative shared MS that have only limited manage. Discussion these questions illustrated through some case identified analysed under WP.