Published 1983 | Version v1
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Geologic disposal of radioactive waste

  • 1. ENEA-Dipartimento Protezione Ambientale e Salute dell'Uomo, Casaccia

Description

The heat dissipation arising from the radioactive decay constitutes an important problem of the geological disposal of high level radioactive waste. A heating experiment was carried out in a clay quarry near Monterotondo (Rome), at 6.4 M in depth by means of a heater whose thermal power ranged from 250 to 500 watt. The experimental results fit well the theoretical values and show that the clay is a homogeneous and isotropic medium. The clay thermal conductivity, which was deducted by means of the ''curve fitting'' method, ranges from 0.015 to 0.017 watt/C

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Subtitle (English)
An in situ heating experiment in clay rock
Original title (Italian)
Smaltimento geologico dei rifiuti radioattivi
Original subtitle (Italian)
Esperienze in situ sulla dissipazione del calore in formazioni argillose.

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13 p.
Report number
ENEA-RT/PROT--83-17

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Notes
3 refs., 2 tab., 31 figs.