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MEXICO

MEXICO. Dr. Verónica Elizabeth Badillo Almaraz National Institute of Nuclear Research (ININ) ITC on Radioactive Waste Disposal Technologies in Underground Research Facilities 3-14 November, 2008 Las Vegas, NV and Carlsbad, NM. Mexico in short: Federal State. Surface Area : 1 964 375 km 2

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MEXICO

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  1. MEXICO Dr. Verónica Elizabeth Badillo Almaraz National Institute of Nuclear Research (ININ) ITC on Radioactive Waste Disposal Technologies in Underground Research Facilities 3-14 November, 2008 Las Vegas, NV and Carlsbad, NM

  2. Mexico in short: Federal State • SurfaceArea: 1 964 375 km2 • Population: 103 263 388 inh. (2005) • PopulationDensity: 52 inh./km2 • Federal Capital: Mexicocity • Nationallanguage: spanish

  3. The Legal framework • Law on Nuclear Matters (1985) • Rules and Regulations on Radiation Safety (1988) • National Standards (ten of them, relevant to radioactive waste management)

  4. National Standards relevant to radioactive waste management

  5. InvolvedOrganizations in RadioactiveWaste Management Federal Government Minister of Energy National Institute of Nuclear Research (ININ) National Comission of Nuclear Safety and Safeguards (CNSNS) Federal Comission of Electricity (CFE)

  6. Mexican industrial nuclear powerplants

  7. Spent Fuel Management • Spent fuel managementismadebytheutility (CFE) • Spent fuel assemblies are stored in the reactor spent fuel pool. • Wet Storage isconsideredtemporaryuntil a decisionon final destination of spent fuel istaken. • Everyoptionwillbeconsidered (none has beendiscarded) includingexportingforreprocessing, drystorage, geological repository.

  8. Geological disposal HLW and long-livedwaste • Depth • Stability • Retention/migration critical radioisotopes • Peña Blanca site has been widely studied by U.S. and Mexico institutes as a natural analogue of Yucca Mountain site

  9. Long-termmanagement of high-levellong-livedradioactivewaste in Mexico • Methodological R&D toestablishwhether a safe and feasible geological disposalsolution • Unsaturated, weldedtuff • Peña Blanca as analternative • Yuccamountain as thereference • Withoutprejudgingtheimplementationsite (no sitingyet)

  10. Conclusions • A more intense involvement by the government (Energy Ministry) is necessary to complete the pending tasks in Radioactive Waste Management, to solve the present and future problems in this matter, mainly now that even in political circles they are speaking of a posible reactivation of the Mexican nuclear program.

  11. Roles of National Organizations

  12. Volume of NPP-LMLRW

  13. LMLRW originated in radioactive facilities • Annual average volume 30 m3 (including spent sources). • ININ is responsible for the management of this waste, including collection, treatment, and storage. • ININ operates a small treatment radioactive waste plant. • ININ operates an on-surface temporary storage facility. • Changes in land use and demography trends in the surroundings of this facility will result in its closure. • A remediation plan is being formulated for this site.

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