Hot Laboratory and Waste Management Center

The Hot Laboratory and Waste Management Center (HLWMC), is dedicated for radioactive waste disposal as well as development of expertise in the back end of nuclear fuel cycle and radioisotope production for medical and industrial applications. The HLWMC was established in 1980, owned and operated by the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (AEA) in Inshas, northeast of Cairo.^[1][2]

Hot Laboratory and Waste Management Center

Established	1980 (1980)
Research type	Basic nuclear science
Field of research	Radioactive waste management, nuclear fuel cycle back end analysis and radioisotope production
Location	Inshas, Egypt
Operating agency	Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority

Overview

The Hot Laboratory and Waste Management Center (HLWMC) consists of a low and intermediate level liquid waste station, radioisotope production laboratories, and a radioactive waste disposal site.^[1][3] HLWMC contains a French-supplied hot cell complex for plutonium extraction research, which is the only known facility in Egypt that could be used to separate weapons-usable plutonium from irradiated reactor fuel. However, the facility does not contain nuclear materials requiring IAEA safeguards.^[2][3]

See also

• Nuclear technology portal

• Nuclear program of Egypt
• Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority
• Radioisotope Production Facility