Evaluation of the technical options of radioactive waste management for utilization of MOX fuel: thermal impact of minor actinide separation with geological disposal of high-level waste
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DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2021.1918590
Abstract: ABSTRACT The impact of disposal of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel from light water reactors (LWRs) has been considered from the viewpoint of the thermal properties and the number of the vitrified waste for various conditions… read more here.
Keywords: geological disposal; waste; fuel; separation ... See more keywords
Investigating the use of 3-D full-waveform inversion to characterize the host rock at a geological disposal site
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DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggy386
Abstract: The U.K. government has a policy to dispose of higher activity radioactive waste in a geological disposal facility (GDF), which will have multiple protective barriers to keep the waste isolated and to ensure no harmful… read more here.
Keywords: full waveform; geological disposal; inversion; site ... See more keywords
Noncontact Displacement Measurement of Nuclear Waste Canisters in a Geological Disposal by Using an Electromagnetic-Wave Approach
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DOI: 10.1115/1.4047719
Abstract: The aim of this work is to show a preliminary investigation of possible noncontact techniques for displacement measurement of radioactive waste in a geological disposal. Since a nuclear waste repository can be considered as a… read more here.
Keywords: geological disposal; waste; displacement measurement; nuclear waste ... See more keywords