SAFETY SERIES No. 111-G-1.1 Classification of Radioactive Waste A Safety Guide A PUBLICATION WITHIN THE RADWASS PROGRAMME INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, VIENNA, 1994 CATEGORIES IN THE IAEA SAFETY SERIES

The Radioactive Waste Safety Standards (RADWASS) programme follows the hierarchical categorization scheme used in the publications of IAEA Safety Series, as shown below: Safety Fundamentals (silver cover) Basic objectives, concepts and principles to ensure safety. Safety Standards (red cover) Basic requirements which must be satisfied to ensure safety for particular activities or applications areas. Safety Guides (green cover) Recommendations, on the basis of international experience, relating to the fulfillment of basic requirements. Safety Practices (blue cover) Practical examples and detailed methods which can be used for the application of Safety Standards or Safety Guides. Safety Fundamentals and Safety Standards are issued with the approval of the IAEA Board of Governors; Safety Guides and Safety Practices are issued under the authority of the Director General of the IAEA. An additional category, Safety Reports (purple cover), comprises independent reports of expert groups on safety matters, including the development of new principles , advanced concepts and major issues and events. These reports are issued under the authority of the Director General of the IAEA. There are other publications of the IAEA which also contain information important to safety, particularly in the Proceedings Series (papers presented at symposia and conferences), the Technical Reports Series (emphasis on technological aspect) and the IAEA-TECDOC Series (information usually in preliminary form). The RADWASS reports are published within the IAEA Safety Series under No. 111. The report numbers are composed of the following elements: — The Safety Series number (111). — Identification within a subject area by a serial number.