Geologic Disposal of Radioactive Waste - 1983

Geologic repositories for radioactive waste are evolving<br/>from conceptualization to the development of specific<br/>designs. Estimates of long-term hazards must be based<br/>upon quantitative predictions of environmental releases<br/>over time periods of hundreds of thousands of years and<br/>longer. This paper summarizes new techniques for<br/>predicting the long-term performance of repositories , it<br/>presents estimates of future environmental releases and<br/>radiation doses that may result for conceptual<br/>repositories in various geologic media, and it compares<br/>these predictions with an individual dose criterion of<br/>10-4 Sv/yr.