HM and THM interactions in bentonite engineered barriers for nuclear waste disposal

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 ...

Developments in Nuclear Waste Disposal

Effect of thermo-coupled processes on the behaviour of a clay barrier submitted to heating and hydration.

The storage of high level radioactive waste is still an unresolved problem of the nuclear industry, being geological disposal the most favoured option and, naturally, the one requiring the strongest geo-mechanical input. Most conceptual designs for the deep geological disposal of nuclear waste envisage placing the canisters containing the waste in horizontal drifts or vertical boreholes. The em...

Mobile fission and activation products in nuclear waste disposal.

When disposing nuclear waste in clay formations it is expected that the most radiotoxic elements like Pu, Np or Am move only a few centimetres to meters before they decay. Only a few radionuclides are able to reach the biosphere and contribute to their long-term exposure risks, mainly anionic species like I129, Cl36, Se79 and in some cases C14 and Tc99, whatever the scenario considered. The rec...

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...