IAEA and Stuk draw up rules for spent nuclear fuel

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Finland's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (Stuk) have drawn up new rules for the storage of nuclear waste. The intention is to prevent radioactive substances ending in the wrong hands, and that the plutonium in nuclear waste is not used for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosives, Stuk said in a press release.

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