Published November 1978 | Version v1
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Radioactive waste repository study

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This is the first part of a report of a preliminary study for Atomic Energy of Canada Limited. It considers the requirements for an underground waste repository for the disposal of wastes produced by the Canadian Nuclear Fuel Program. The following topics are discussed with reference to the repository: 1) underground layout, 2) cost estimates, 3) waste handling, 4) retrievability, decommissioning, sealing and monitoring, and 5) research and design engineering requirements. (author)

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Subtitle (English)
Part 1

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
189 p.
Report number
AECL--6188-1

INIS

Country of Publication
Canada
Country of Input or Organization
Canada
INIS RN
10461930
Subject category
S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
Descriptors DEI
COST; DECOMMISSIONING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; SPECIFICATIONS; UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
Descriptors DEC
MANAGEMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT