Rock-welding materials development for deep borehole nuclear waste disposal

Deep borehole disposal of nuclear waste: engineering challenges

In recent years, geological disposal of radioactive waste has focused on placement of highand intermediate-level wastes in mined underground caverns at depths of 500–800 m. Notwithstanding the billions of dollars spent to date on this approach, the difficulty of finding suitable sites and demonstrating to the public and regulators that a robust safety case can be developed has frustrated attemp...

Evaluation of Deep Drillholes for High Level Nuclear Waste Disposal

WENG-SHENG KUO B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Chung-Cheng Institute of Technology, Taiwan, R.O.C (1981) M.S. Nuclear Engineering, National Tsing-Hwa University, Taiwan, R.O.C. (1986) SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREES OF NUCLEAR ENGINEER and MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NUCLEAR ENGINEERING at the MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOL...

Nuclear waste disposal.

-Experiments are described in which dose-response data have been obtained for EMT6 mouse tumour cells growing in vivo and exposed to various cytotoxic agents. A comparison has been made of the response of solid tumours in the flank and of rapidly growing lung nodules. The results are discussed with regard to their cell kinetic implications and compared with our results for the chemosensitivity ...

Sensitivity Analysis of Seals Permeability and Performance Assessment of Deep Borehole Disposal of Radioactive Waste

The concept of disposal of high-level radioactive waste in deep boreholes, and probabilistic performance assessment (PA) of a generic disposal system are described. A series of preliminary PA simulations, conducted to evaluate the possible migration of radionuclides to an accessible environment, are presented. The PA simulations provide estimates of radionuclide releases and mean annual radiati...

Developments in Nuclear Waste Disposal