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Generic Repository Design Concepts and Thermal Analysis (FY11)
Generic Repository Design Concepts and Thermal Analysis (FY11)
Reference concepts for geologic disposal of used nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in the U.S. are developed, including geologic settings and engineered barriers. Repository thermal analysis is demonstrated for a range of waste types from projected future, advanced nuclear fuel cycles. The results show significant differences among geologic media considered (clay/shale, crystalline rock, salt), and also that waste package size and waste loading must be limited to meet targeted maximum temperature values.
The Department of Energy Does Not Plan to Use an Abandoned Salt Mine at Lyons, Kansas, for Nuclear High-Level Waste Disposal (EMD-82-64)
The Department of Energy Does Not Plan to Use an Abandoned Salt Mine at Lyons, Kansas, for Nuclear High-Level Waste Disposal (EMD-82-64)
Letter to The Honorable Nancy L. Kassebaum from J. Dexter Peach, Director, U.S. General Accounting Office
Identifying remaining socio-technical challenges at the national level: Canada
Identifying remaining socio-technical challenges at the national level: Canada
This country report on Canada contributes to the InSOTEC research programme’s Work Package 1.1 which maps remaining socio-technical challenges to the implementation of geological disposal of radioactive waste in fourteen countries in the EU and North America (www.insotec.eu). The aim of this country report is to provide an overview of the current situation of geological disposal of High Level radioactive Waste (HLW) and Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) in Canada.
Regulations for Geological Disposal
Regulations for Geological Disposal
Nuclear-Waste Disposal in Geologic Repositories
Nuclear-Waste Disposal in Geologic Repositories
Deep geologic repositories are being widely studied as the most favored method of disposal of nuclear waste. Scientists search for repository sites in salt, basalt, tuff and granite that are geologically and hydrologically suitable. The systematic evaluation of the safety and reliability of deep geologic disposal centers around the concept of interacting multiple barriers. The simplest element to describe of the geologic barrier is the physical isolation of the waste in a remote region at some depth within the rock unit.
Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning in Czech Republic
Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning in Czech Republic
Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning in Italy
Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning in Italy
Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning in the United Kingdom
Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning in the United Kingdom
Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning in Finland
Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning in Finland
Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning in Sweden
Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning in Sweden
OECD/NEA: Slovak Republic
OECD/NEA: Slovak Republic
OECD/NEA: Spain
OECD/NEA: Spain
OECD/NEA: Korea
OECD/NEA: Korea
OECD/NEA: Sweden
OECD/NEA: Sweden
OECD/NEA: Hungary
OECD/NEA: Hungary
Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning in Korea
Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning in Korea
OECD/NEA: Finland
OECD/NEA: Finland
OECD/NEA: Netherlands
OECD/NEA: Netherlands
OECD/NEA: France
OECD/NEA: France
OECD/NEA: Czech Republic
OECD/NEA: Czech Republic
OECD/NEA: Mexico
OECD/NEA: Mexico
Geological Challenges in Radioactive Waste Isolation
Geological Challenges in Radioactive Waste Isolation
Over the past forty years, the development of the technology needed to isolate radioactive waste in underground rock systems has been found to be a formidable problem. This is especially the case in connection with high-level waste (HLW) after its removal from operations in nuclear power plants. There is also the additional problem of isolating low- and intermediate-level waste (LILW).
Geological Challenges in Radioactive Waste Isolation Third Worldwide Review
Geological Challenges in Radioactive Waste Isolation Third Worldwide Review
The first worldwide review of geological problems in radioactive waste isolation was published by the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) in 1991 (Witherspoon, 1991). This review was a compilation of reports that had been submitted to a workshop held in conjunction with the 28th International Geological Congress that took place July 9Ð19, 1989, in Washington, D.C.