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The Isolation Capability of a Salt Dome Utilized for High-Level Waste Disposal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

J. Hamstra
J. Hamstra*
Affiliation:
Netherlands Energy Research Foundation, P.O. Box 1, 1755 ZG Petten N.H., The Netherlands.
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Extract

The overall objective of disposal of high-level and alpha bearing wastes in deep geologic formations is to isolate these wastes from the biosphere for such a period of time that a subsequent future release of radionuclides from the buried wastes will not result in undue radiation exposures to man.

Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 11: Symposium – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management V , 1981 , 419
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1982

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