Abstract During recent decades, argillaceous sedimentary formations have been studied as potential host for the geological disposal of long-living and heat-emitting radioactive waste—Boom Clay in Belgium Opalinus Brown Dogger Switzerland. A significant issue long-term performance these rocks concerns generation transport gases. The pressure resulting from gas an almost impermeable medium near f...

Humans naturally dispose of objects that disgust them. Is this phenomenon so deeply embedded that even incidental disgust – i.e., where the source of disgust is unrelated to a possessed object – triggers disposal? Two experiments were designed to answer this question. Two film clips served as disgust and neutral primes; the objects were routine commodities (boxes of office supplies). Results re...

Deep-Sea Tailings Placement (DSTP) from terrestrial mines is one of several large-scale industrial activities now taking place in the deep sea. The scale and persistence of its impacts on seabed biota are unknown. We sampled around the Lihir and Misima island mines in Papua New Guinea to measure the impacts of ongoing DSTP and assess the state of benthic infaunal communities after its conclusio...

The principles of hydrocarbon exploration and production provide well established and tested principles and technologies to investigate storage of fluids in the subsurface. CO2 can be stored in the subsurface using settings of: A) thick permeable coal seams; B) depleted oil and gas fields; C) saline aquifers of regional extent, with an overlying seal. The North Sea Sleipner project shows that C...

a study was carried out in a strip of a river and in a nearby well in the rainy and dry seasons to assess the impact of tobacco waste disposal on the roadsides. there were significant seasonal variations in the concentration of nicotine being higher (p

Pursuant to Article 1 of the Convention signed in Paris on 14th December 1960, and which came into force on 30th September 1961, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) shall promote policies designed: − to achieve the highest sustainable economic growth and employment and a rising standard of living in Member countries, while maintaining financial stability, and thus t...

A large amount of nuclear waste produced in the process energy utilization has always been a key problem to be solved urgently for safety. At present, “deep geological disposal” is feasible method and generally accepted by many countries. It “multi-barrier system” composed an artificial barrier, including solidified body, outer packaging material, buffer backfill natural barrier surrounding roc...

Highly radioactive materials are at the core in many useful applications ranging from operating nuclear reactors (including fast breeder reactors) to vitrified high-level waste, which is currently stored and awaiting final disposal into dedicated facilities within deep geological formations [...]