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Progress in HLW management and the sustainability of nuclear energy

The NEA organised an Expert Roundtable on 12 November 2020 on the progress in HLW management and the sustainability of nuclear energy. In many countries nuclear energy is considered a viable option to address climate change and air pollution, while ensuring access to cost-effective and resilient energy supplies to support economic growth and human development. However, there has been debate about the "sustainability" of nuclear energy. Some consider high-level waste and spent nuclear fuel an insurmountable challenge for which no solution exists — thereby making nuclear energy "unsustainable". On the contrary, the facts demonstrate that nuclear waste is managed safely and effectively around the world and there is a strong scientific consensus regarding the safe disposal of high-level radioactive waste. After decades of research, analyses and engineering tests, the international scientific community is confident that placing high-level radioactive waste in deep geological repositories is both safe and effective. NEA Director-General William D. Magwood, IV facilitated an expert roundtable discussion on the management and disposal of high-level radioactive waste and the development of deep geological repositories and how these activities further demonstrate the long-term sustainability of nuclear energy. The discussion was opened with a keynote from Rita Baranwal, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, United States Department of Energy (DOE), and introductory comments from Hiroyuki Umeki, Chair of the NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC), who is Executive Director of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan (NUMO). Discussants Jamal Al Ahbabi, Radioactive Waste Management Director, Radioactive Waste Management, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) Patrick Landais, High Commissioner, French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) Patrick Ledermann, President, Foundation of the National Academy of Technologies of France (NATF), and Chair of the NEA Committee for Technical and Economic Studies on Nuclear Energy Development and the Fuel Cycle (NDC) Jean-Paul Minon, Former General Manager, Belgian Agency for Radioactive Waste and Enriched Fissile Materials (ONDRAF/NIRAS), and Former Chair of the NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) Ryo Nasu, Director of the Radioactive Waste Management Division, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Jessica Palmqvist, Head of the Division of Research and Development, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB)