过去,人们往往只注意到核电给人类产生大量的电能和热能,而忽视它产生的大量的放射性废物,也不关心如何处理和处置它们。但是,正是这些废物的最终处置问题,今天却成为许多利用核电国家面临的最大难题之一,成为进一步发展核电的障碍。以美国为例,如果在近期内还不能解决核废物的最终处置问题的话,有的核电站将被迫关闭。瑞士的有关法律中,关于核废物处置问题有如下几条规定;(1)核废物生产者要对废物的贮存和最终处 In the past, people often only noticed that nuclear power generated a large amount of electricity and heat to mankind, neglecting the large amount of radioactive waste generated by it and not concerned with how to handle and dispose of it. However, it is the ultimate disposal of these wastes, which today becomes one of the most difficult problems for many countries that use nuclear power and becomes an obstacle to the further development of nuclear power. In the United States, for example, some nuclear power plants will be forced to shut down if the final disposal of nuclear waste can not be solved in the near future. In the relevant laws of Switzerland, there are several provisions on the disposal of nuclear waste as follows: (1) The nuclear waste producer needs to store and end the waste