Managing the legacies from the past nuclear activities is an issue of increasing global concern. A JRC report looks into the drivers that allow implementing decommissioning and environmental remediation programmes.
Significant progress has been indeed achieved in recent years in terms of addressing the legacy from the early development of nuclear energy. Some countries are quite advanced with decommissioning and have built up appropriate technical resources and expertise. Nevertheless many national programmes still face very significant challenges.
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