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International Approaches to Postclosure Criticality Safety - United States
Many, if not all, Waste Management Organisation programs will include criticality safety. As criticality safety in the long-term, i.e. considered over post-closure timescales in dedicated disposal facilities, is a unique challenge for geological disposal there is limited opportunity for sharing of experience within an individual organization/country. Therefore, sharing of experience and knowledge between WMOs to understand any similarities and differences will be beneficial in understanding where the approaches are similar and where they are not, and the reasons for this. To achieve this benefit a project on Post-Closure Criticality Safety has been established through the Implementing Geological Disposal - Technology Platform with the overall aim to facilitate the sharing of this knowledge. This project currently has 11 participating nations, including the United States and this paper presents the current position in the United States.