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Radiation Effects Issues Related to U.S. Doe Site Remediation and Nuclear Waste Storage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

William J. Weber  and
Rodney C. Ewing
William J. Weber
Affiliation:
Pacific Northwest Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, WA 99352, USA
Rodney C. Ewing
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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Abstract

Site restoration activities at DOE facilities and the permanent disposal of nuclear waste generated at the same DOE facilities involve working with and within various types and levels of radiation fields. Radionuclide decay and the associated radiation fields lead to physical and chemical changes that can degrade or enhance material properties. This paper reviews the impact of radiation fields on site restoration activities and on the release rate of radionuclides to the biosphere from nuclear waste forms.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 353: Symposium – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XVIII , 1994 , 1389
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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