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The Future of the Back End of the Fuel Cycle: Volume and Activity Reduction of Wastes Containing Long Half-Life Radionuclides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

J.Y. Barré*
Affiliation:
Fuel Cycle General Manager, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, CEN SACLAY, France
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Extract

The future of the nuclear industry and its acceptance by public opinion depend to a large extent on the development of an acceptable solution for waste management and disposal. The long duration of the hazard presented by certain radionuclides found in nuclear wastes is certainly one of the reasons for public concern over definitive waste disposal.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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