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Application of Geophysical Methods for Fracture Characterization
One of the most crucial needs in the design and implementation of an underground waste isolation facility is a reliable method for the detection and characterization of fractures in zones...

The Application of Vertical Seismic Profiling and Cross-Hole Tomographic Imaging for Fracture Characterization at Yucca Mountain
In order to obtain the necessary characterization for the storage of nuclear waste, much higher resolution of the features likely to affect the transport of radionuclides will be required...

Modeling of Coupled Heat-Mass-Stress Effects in Geologic Media
To investigate the importance of coupled hydraulic-thermal-mechanical processes for the potential nuclear waste storage repository at the Yucca Mountain, a computer code is being developed....

Sellafield?From High Level Notoriety to Intermediate Acceptance
After a highly publicised accident at Sellafield, involving radioactive pollution, a period of continuous adverse media coverage eroded public confidence in the plant and its operators,...

Two Citizen Task Forces and the Challenge of the Evolving Nuclear Waste Siting Process
Siting any nuclear waste facility is problematic in today's climate of distrust toward nuclear agencies and fear of nuclear waste. This study compares and contrasts the siting...

Public Attitudes Toward a High-Level Nuclear Repository: Implications on the Prospects of Successful Siting
Recent legislation enacted by the State of Nevada makes it illegal to store high-level nuclear waste (HLNW) within state, posing a serious threat to the federal government's...

Spent Fuel and High-Level Waste Management in Selected Countries: Trends and Issues
This paper contains descriptions of the major parameters and plans for management of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive wastes in Belgium, Canada, France, the Federal Republic...

Spent Fuel Storage Requirements for Nuclear Utilities and OCRWM
Projected spent fuel generation at U.S. power reactors exceeds estimated aggregate pool storage capacity by approximately 30,000 metric tons of uranium (MTU). Based on the current repository...

Site Selection Criteria for Constructing an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) at a Commercial Nuclear Power Plant
Commercial nuclear power plants in the U.S. are responsible for providing their own interim storage for excess spent fuel. A facility located onsite, acting as a buffer between in-pool...

Choosing AT-Reactor Spent Fuel Storage Technologies
Need for expansion of the spent fuel storage capability of reactor sites was first caused by delays in construction of reprocessing facilities, later by cessation of commercial reprocessing...

Concrete Cask Storage Technology
The paper presents the design and operation of the new dry storage system for nuclear waste. The system was designed by complete nuclear, thermal-hydraulic and structural analysis to the...

Vapor Hydration and Subsequent Leaching of Transuranic-Containing SRL and WV Glasses
High-level nuclear waste glass that is subject to disposal in the proposed unsaturated environment at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, initially will be altered through contact with humid air....

Soluble High-Level Waste Decontamination and Disposal at the Savannah River Site
The high-level radioactive waste that has accumulated at the Savannah River Site is stored in large underground steel tanks. Programs to remove the soluble waste from the storage tanks,...

Volatilization of Cesium and Ruthenium From High-Level Waste Glass
The contamination of the air above high-level waste glass by ¹³⁴Cs, ¹³⁷Cs and ¹⁰⁶Ru...

The DWPF Product, and Its Qualification Program
The Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) at the Savannah River Site (SRS) will be the first facility in the nation capable of immobilizing high-level nuclear waste. Production of DWPF...

Important Factors in Developing a Nuclear Waste Management System
The nuclear waste management system provides unique challenges for a large and diverse segment of our society. For the politician there is the blending of national policy and the interests...

Hydrologic Characterization of Faults and Other Potentially Conductive Geologic Features in the Unsaturated Zone
The capability of characterizing near-vertical faults and other potentially highly conductive geologic features in the vicinity of a high-level-waste repository is of great importance...

Research for Final Disposal of Unreprocessed Spent Nuclear Fuel in Sweden
The second Swedish programme on research, development and demonstration in the nuclear radioactive waste management area was submitted by SKB to the Swedish National Board for Spent Nuclear...

Study of an Alternativefor Repository of Radioactive Waste?Taiwan Case
The accumlation of spent fuel and radioactive waste is forcing producers to look for repository systems in Taiwan. Tectonic setting, and geologic processes indicate that the Penghu Islands...

Modeling Future Climates for Nuclear Waste Disposal
In order to ensure safe long term storage of nuclear waste it is necessary to consider possible consequences of future climate change. A program of long term climate scenario development...

 

 

 

 

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