Retrievability

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The ability, in principle, to recover waste or entire waste packages once they have been emplaced in a repository. Retrievability implies making provisions in order to allow retrieval should it be required. (Adapted from ICRP Publication 122, 2013)

ICRP Glossary entry - May 2019


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