Published 1990 | Version v1
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Technical program to characterize the near field of a low level waste repository

Creators

  • 1. British Nuclear Fuels Ltd., Sellafield (United Kingdom)

Description

Low Level Solid Waste (LLW), generated within the UK nuclear and radiochemical industries is disposed of at the Drigg Site in Cumbria. The disposal practices on the site have been continually reviewed and, in addition to improvements to the trench area, in 1987 a concrete lined vault was constructed. This vault, volume ca 180,000 m3, accepts containerised waste, emplaced in the vault. A series of further improvements are under consideration for treating the waste in the vault, including supercompaction and grouting of the compacts in a suitable container

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
American Nuclear Society.
Imprint Place
La Grange Park, IL (United States)
ISBN
0-89448-154-1
Imprint Title
Proceedings of SPECTRUM '90
Imprint Pagination
505 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 400-404.

Conference

Title
American Nuclear Society (ANS) international meeting on radioactive waste technologies, decontamination, and hazardous wastes.
Acronym
Spectrum '90
Dates
30 Sep - 4 Oct 1990.
Place
Knoxville, TN (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
24036326
Subject category
S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE; S58: GEOSCIENCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CLAYS; EVALUATION; GROUND WATER; HYDROLOGY; LEACHING; LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; PERMEABILITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM
Descriptors DEC
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; EUROPE; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; MANAGEMENT; MASS TRANSFER; MATERIALS; MINERALS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SEPARATION PROCESSES; SILICATE MINERALS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES; WATER

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-900977--.