 Radiactive waste comes from different places, such as hospitals, research laboratories and nuclear reactors. Nuclear power plants around the world generate high-level radioactive waste. The spent nuclear fuel is currently located in storage facilities. In terms of stored spent fuel, we would be looking at in the order of between 250,000 to 300,000 tons. One option for managing this waste is to reprocess it and make nuclear fuel. Another is to dispose it deep underground. This waste is going to be radioactive for a very long time. We are talking about many thousands of years. Finland is the first country to grant a license for a deep disposal facility for this high-level waste. Public support for this kind of project is vital but can be challenging. Providing information and forums for discussion can help. As a regulator, we organized our own information tours and discussions with the public to give them information and educate them that way about the disposal, about the safety and also about the importance to have a solution for the high-level waste. The disposal of spent fuel and other radioactive waste was high on the agenda at the IAEA's Conference on the Safety of Radiactive Waste Management. The conference is specifically dealing with the management of radioactive waste and spent fuel from generation to the end point of management which is the disposal. The experts at this conference agree that all kinds of radioactive waste needs to be managed safely and securely. The IAEA offers guidance to its member states in this area. From Vienna, Austria, this is Alexandra Anapanich reporting for the IAEA.