MINSK, 12 April (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed decree No.101 on organizing a radioactive waste management system on 12 April. The decree is meant to enable the operation of a system for long-term storage and burial of radioactive waste, the press service of the head of state told BelTA.
The decree defines sources of funding the operation of a specifically authorized organization – the national operator for managing radioactive waste – and a general design organization, which is supposed to provide scientific support for designing and building facilities for managing radioactive waste.