State Office for Nuclear Safety Prague

Siting, safety assessment and design of Dukovany radioactive waste disposal facility in Czech Republic are described. The site was chosen after performed area survey. The safety assessment is based on the evaluation of critical scenarios including groundwater transport, intrusion and habitation after institutional control. Waste acceptance criteria are set on the basis of the safety assessment taking into account dose limits, the conditions of operations, the waste inventory, the characteristics of natural and engineered barriers and the planned duration of institutional controls. Repository capacity of 55 000 m3 is based on 112 disposal vaults. Since 1994, 5 disposal vaults have been filled and closed