Published August 1986 | Version v1
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A summary of the geotechnical and environmental investigations pertaining to the Vaalputs national radioactive waste disposal facility

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This report describes the geological environmental surveys that lead to the choice and final evaluation of the Vaalputs national facility for the disposal of radioactive waste. This survey looked at the geography, demography, ecology, meteorology, geology, geohydrology and background radiological characteristics of the Vaalputs radioactive waste facility

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ISBN
0 86960 826 6
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156 p.
Report number
PER--143

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Country of Publication
South Africa
Country of Input or Organization
South Africa
INIS RN
19017257
Subject category
S58: GEOSCIENCES; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
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AQUIFERS; BACKGROUND RADIATION; BOREHOLES; EARTHQUAKES; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GEOBOTANY; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; GROUND WATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPE RATIO; ISOTOPES; METEOROLOGY; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; PERMEABILITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; SITE SELECTION; SITE SURVEYS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRATIGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS; VAALPUTS RADIOACTIVE WASTE DIS
Descriptors DEC
AFRICA; BIOLOGY; BOTANY; CAVITIES; DATA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; INFORMATION; MANAGEMENT; MONITORING; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUMERICAL DATA; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POLAR SOLVENTS; RADIATIONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; RADIOACTIVITY; SOLVENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER