Site selection for Croatian low and intermediate level radioactive waste repository

Scientific paper - Original scientific paper

• Author: Dario Perković https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2625-6568
• Author: Želimir Veinović https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1572-2191
• Author: Roman Leopold
• Author: Andrea Rapić
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering; (Department of Geology and Geological Engineering)
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering; (Department of Mining and Geotechnical Engineering)
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: TECHNICAL SCIENCES; Mining, Petroleum and Geology Engineering

Abstract (english)

Radioactive waste disposal and management presents a unique problem at the Krško nuclear
power plant as it is built and co-owned by the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of
Slovenia. Each country is responsible for the management of half of the low- and
intermediate-level radioactive waste (LILW) and spent nuclear fuel (SNF). So far, Slovenia has
officially selected the site for LILW disposal and the Croatian programme has a single
location left (since 1999), not officially approved as acceptable. This paper contains a new
approach to site selection related to the implementation of GIS technology and presents a
map of potential areas for LILW disposal including only the remaining Croatian location. It
was constructed based on eleven layers that include natural characteristics and
anthropogenic pressures. For the construction of the main map, detailed topological checks
and spatial analysis of polygons have been made, reducing potential areas to be further
evaluated.

• Keywords (english): radioactive waste; programme; LILW; disposal; repository; Republic of Croatia
• Language: english
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review - international
• Publication version: Published version
• Journal title: Journal of Maps
• Numbering: vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 21-29
• e-ISSN: 1744-5647
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2019.1707129
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:169:706358
• Publication: 2020-01-03
• Document URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17445647.2019.1707129
• Type of resource: Text
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2020-06-10 13:44:07