Published 1985
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Miscellaneous
Status of the Canadian nuclear fuel waste management program
Creators
- 1. Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Pinawa, MB (Canada). Whiteshell Nuclear Research Establishment
Description
The Canadian Nuclear Fuel Waste Management Program is in the fifth year of a ten-year generic research and development phase. The major objective of this phase of the program is to assess the basic safety and environmental aspects of the concept of isolating immobilized fuel waste by deep underground disposal in plutonic rock. The major scientific and engineering components of the program, namely immobilization studies, geoscience research, and environmental and safety assessment, are well established
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- Proceedings of the Canadian Nuclear Society sixth annual conference
- Imprint Pagination
- 693 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 19.1-19.10.
- Report number
- INIS-mf--12870
Conference
- Title
- Canadian Nuclear Society 6. annual conference.
- Dates
- 3-4 Jun 1985.
- Place
- Ottawa, ON (Canada).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Canada
- Country of Input or Organization
- Canada
- INIS RN
- 22061228
- Subject category
- S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- CANADA; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; REVIEWS; SPENT FUELS; UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL; UNDERGROUND FACILITIES
- Descriptors DEC
- DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DOCUMENT TYPES; ENERGY SOURCES; FUELS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEAR FUELS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; REACTOR MATERIALS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES