What is the Adaptive Phased Management approach?
The Adaptive Phased Management (APM) approach is Canada’s solution to the long-term management of nuclear fuel waste. The APM involves three phases each marked by explicit decision points and continuing participation of stakeholders. The three phases of the APM approach include: maintaining the waste at the reactor sites while preparing for centralization at a site within an interested community; determining whether an optional shallow-underground storage facility at the central site is required; containing the waste in a deep repository at the central site.
