Published September 1976 | Version v1
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Status of commercial nuclear high-level waste disposal. Special report

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Description

The results of this review, presented in the form of a functional description of high level waste management system, shows that technology is available to dispose of nuclear waste safely by several different processes. The most attractive alternative in terms of available technology and shortness of time to demonstrate it at commercial scale is a system that converts the waste to a solid by immobilizing the radioactive elements in a glass matrix. Brief comments are also given on international efforts in high level waste management and advanced disposal concepts

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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS., PC A05/MF A01.

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
86 p.
Report number
PB--260559

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
8331063
Subject category
S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
Descriptors DEI
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; SOLIDIFICATION; UNDERGROUND; VITRIFICATION
Descriptors DEC
LEVELS; MANAGEMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PROCESSING

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Secondary number(s)
EPRI-NP--44-SR.