Published December 1986 | Version v1
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Geology of the Vaalputs radioactive waste disposal site in the Republic of South Africa. Explanatory notes for the geological map of the site on the scale 1:25 000

Creators

  • 1. Nuclear Development Corp. of South Africa (Pty.) Ltd., Pelindaba, Pretoria

Description

The Vaalputs site is underlain by an extensive veneer of Tertiary and Quaternary deposits covering a crystalline basement of Precambrian age. The unfaulted, highly impermeable nature of the Vaalputs formation renders it very suitable for the safe disposal of low- to medium-level radioactive waste in the area selected. However, the numerous faults and shear zones in the granitic and gneissic basement will need in-depth investigations should a high-level radwaste repository be required. A geological map, as well as explanatory notes therefore, is given

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Atomic Energy Corporation of South Africa Ltd.
Imprint Place
Pretoria (South Africa)
ISBN
0 86960 832 0
Imprint Title
Radwaste '86: proceedings volume
Imprint Pagination
1048 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 85-125.
Report number
INIS-mf--11045

Conference

Title
Radwaste '86.
Dates
7-12 Sep 1986.
Place
Cape Town (South Africa).

INIS

Country of Publication
South Africa
Country of Input or Organization
South Africa
INIS RN
18094305
Subject category
S58: GEOSCIENCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES; GEOLOGIC SURVEYS; GEOLOGY; GNEISSES; GRANITES; KIMBERLITES; MAPS; METAMORPHISM; ORIGIN; PETROLOGY; ROCK DRILLING; SAND; SITE SELECTION; SITE SURVEYS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRATIGRAPHY; VAALPUTS RADIOACTIVE WASTE DIS
Descriptors DEC
AFRICA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MACHINING; MATERIALS DRILLING; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; PERIDOTITES; PLUTONIC ROCKS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; ROCKS

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Notes
Contains a geological map. See also RN 17:082018.