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Collaboration Between the IAEA and ITA on Radioactive Waste Disposal

From left: Gerald Nieder-Westermann, IAEA waste disposal specialist; Andrea Pigorini, ITA president; Karina Lange, IAEA scientific secretary for the underground research facilities network, Daniel Garbutt, ITA representative; Helen Roth, ITA executive director; Arnold Dix, ITA past president and chair of the ITA special interest group; Stefan Joerg Mayer, IAEA team lead radioactive waste disposal Credit/Quelle: ITA
From left: Gerald Nieder-Westermann, IAEA waste disposal specialist; Andrea Pigorini, ITA president; Karina Lange, IAEA scientific secretary for the underground research facilities network, Daniel Garbutt, ITA representative; Helen Roth, ITA executive director; Arnold Dix, ITA past president and chair of the ITA special interest group; Stefan Joerg Mayer, IAEA team lead radioactive waste disposal
Credit/Quelle: ITA

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association ITA) met in Vienna at the end of September 2025 to explore a future collaboration in the development of Geological Disposal Facilities (GDFs) for higher activity radioactive waste. This cooperation builds on IAEA’s recent work, developed with substantial support from the ITA, that resulted in a draft publication, which is currently in the publication process at the IAEA.

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