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Resolution No. 24 regulating radioactive waste disposal.

Country/Territory
Brazil
Document type
Regulation
Date
1994
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Waste disposal Pollution control Hazardous waste Waste management
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Resolution enters into force on the date of publication.
Abstract

This Resolution regulates radioactive waste disposal. It consists of 6 articles establishing that radioactive waste in any form or chemical composition and in any quantity may only be imported or exported with the prior consent of the National Nuclear Power Commission (CNEN), after receiving the opinion of the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA). Nuclear waste disposal procedures are established in the text.

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