India, Aug. 21 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
Safe management of nuclear waste has been accorded high priority right from the inception of our nuclear energy program. Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) are also designed and operated in the manner so as to minimize the generation of radioactive waste. India follows a closed nuclear fuel cycle, where domestic spent fuel is reprocessed and most of its components are recycled back as fuel for future reactors. High level radioactive waste generated during reprocessing is immobilized into an inert glass matrix by vitrification and then stored in Solid Storage Surveillance Facilities for interim storage. This practice is at par with international practices following the gu...