Waste Management Practices in Selected European Countries
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In autumn 1978 the IAEA arranged a Study Tour on Radiation Protection and Waste Management, as a form of technical assistance to developing countries. This tour was organized in collaboration with the Governments of Czechoslovakia, Federal Republic of Germany, France, German Democratic Republic and Hungary, and led through all of these countries. The present review covers only one aspect of this Study Tour radioactive waste management and is based on lectures given to the tour participants in the various countries and on scientific visits to research centres and nuclear power plants.
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