Radioactive waste management facilities

Radioactive waste management facilities are installations for the management of radioactive waste: waste treatment facilities, storage facilities and repositories.

In Lithuania, all radioactive waste management facilities are located near the Ignalina NPP in the territory of Visaginas Municipality, except for the closed Maišiagala Radioactive Waste Storage Facility in Širvintos district.

Depending on the risk to people and the environment radioactive waste is divided into very low level, low and intermediate-level and high level radioactive waste, and short-lived and long-lived according to the half-life of radionuclides and they are managed in different facilities.

Find more in infographic “What is radioactive waste?“

Below you can find a scheme showing the steps and methods of radioactive waste management in Lithuania and descriptions of the radioactive waste management facilities.