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Ministerial Decree No. 1283 regarding validation of the Regulation on the modalities of burial of radioactive waste.

Country/Territory
Kazakhstan
Document type
Regulation
Date
1996
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Waste disposal Waste non-domestic sources Authorization/permit Hazardous waste Waste management
Geographical area
Aral Sea, Asia, Caspian Sea, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia
Abstract

The present Regulation establishes the modalities of burial of radioactive waste in subsoil, the modalities of obtaining authorization from state bodies for burial thereof in subsoil and specifies the list of documents necessary for such authorization. Burial points of radioactive waste are classified in accordance with their predestination into the following categories: 1) storage points; 2) burial points. Depending upon their depth in relation to ground surface storage and burial points are classified as: 1) surface points (at the level or over the level of surface ground); 2) adjoining surface points (thickness of protection layer is up to 10 metres below daylight surface; 3) abyssal points (waste is stored at the depth of over 10 metres from daylight surface).

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