^aOrganization for Economic Cooperation and Development/Nuclear Energy Agency, “Nuclear Energy Data 2009” (August 13, 2009), website www.oecd-ilibrary.org/nuclear-energy/nuclear-energy-data-2009_ned-2009-en-fr (subscription site).
^bInternational Atomic Energy Agency, “Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive WasteManagement,” Registration No. 1729 (April 11, 2011), website www.iaea.org/Publications/Documents/Conventions/jointconv_status.pdf.
cInternational Atomic Energy Agency, “Net-Enabled Radioactive Waste Management Database,” website http://newmdb.iaea.org/.
^dBelgium ceased reprocessing in 1993. Direct disposal was adopted as the waste management approach.
^eProvisional.
^fThe U.S. program for deep geologic disposal was terminated in 2010. A review is underway to determine the future approach.
^gU.S. Energy Information Administration, Form RW-859, “Nuclear Fuel Data” (2002). Data for years after 2002 are projected.
^hOnce Germany’s existing reprocessing contracts are fulfilled, no further reprocessing is expected.
ⁱSwitzerland’s Nuclear Energy Act prohibits the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel for a period of 10 years after July 1, 2006.
^jAll future reprocessing contracts in the United Kingdom will require government approval.