Published April 3, 1985
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Journal article
Possibilities for the safe final storage of radioactive waste in the USA
Description
The object of final radioactive waste storage is to ensure adequate protection for the population today and in the future. The proposed system of overlapping barriers comprises the strengthening matrix, waste containers, consolidation material, host rock and surrounding geological formation. Sites discussed include the salt mine near Carlsbad, New Mexico, where the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is being constructed; the 200 km2 basalt region in the Hanford Reservations in the NW of the USA; and the volcanic tuff in the Yucca Mountains in the south of Nevada. A depot for the final storage of irradiated fuel elements in the Nevada test area is described. (D.J.B.)
Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (German)
- Moeglichkeiten zur sicheren Endlagerung radioaktiver Abfaelle in den USA
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Electro-Rev.
- Journal Volume
- 77
- Journal Issue
- 7
- Series
- Electro-Rev.
- Journal Page Range
- 28-31
- ISSN
- 0374-3101
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Switzerland
- Country of Input or Organization
- Switzerland
- INIS RN
- 16061918
- Subject category
- S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
- Descriptors DEI
- BASALT; HANFORD RESERVATION; NEVADA; NEW MEXICO; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; SAFETY; SALT CAVERNS; SPENT FUEL ELEMENTS; TUFF; UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
- Descriptors DEC
- CAVITIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FUEL ELEMENTS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MANAGEMENT; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NORTH AMERICA; REACTOR COMPONENTS; ROCKS; STORAGE; US DOE; US ORGANIZATIONS; USA; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE STORAGE