Geological repositories: the last nuclear frontier IAEA Director General, Dr M. El Baradei.

Presents extracts from the speech given by Mohamed El Baradei at a conference of radioactive waste management in Sweden on geological repositories. Importance of the management and disposal of spent fuel and radioactive waste; Preference for deep underground disposal in suitable geological media; Design of repositories with a combination of natural barriers and engineered systems to provide waste containment; International cooperation on waste management and disposal.