Behavior of Helium Release from Simulated Radioactive Waste Glasses

Disposal of Radioactive Waste

Perhaps the most important single problem arising from the increasing use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes is how to dispose of the growing amounts of radioactive waste. Many of its complex aspects were discussed at the scientific conference on the disposal of radioactive waste held by IAEA in Monaco from 16 to 21 November 1959. The conference was organized jointly with UNESCO, with the c...

Monte Carlo simulation of contaminant release from a radioactive waste deposit

This paper addresses the problem of radionuclides transport through the artificial porous matrices constituting the engineered barriers of a permanent deposit for radioactive wastes under design by the Italian Agency for Energy and Environment, ENEA. The complexity of the phenomena involved, augmented by the heterogeneity and stochasticity of the media in which transport occurs, renders the cla...

Vanadium and chromium redox behavior in borosilicate nuclear waste glasses

Article history: Received 16 September 2010 Received in revised form 22 December 2010 Available online 10 February 2011

Radioactive Waste Management

Waste management Radioactive waste management policies

Eight senior government representatives outlined the views and policies of their countries in the field of radioactive waste management at a "scientific afternoon" during the 27th Regular Session of the General Conference of the IAEA in Vienna in October. The countries represented were Argentina, France, the Federal Republic of Germany. India, Japan, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the USA; sta...