Demonstration of an initial screening phase for site selection for low level radioactive waste burial - an evaluation of relevant IAEA guidelines.

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dc.contributor.authorEnvironmental Science Divisionen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2007-11-22T04:17:57Zen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-30T04:29:33Zen_AU
dc.date.available2007-11-22T04:17:57Zen_AU
dc.date.available2010-04-30T04:29:33Zen_AU
dc.date.issued1984-04en_AU
dc.description.abstractLow level radioactive wastes arising from the use of radioisotopes in medicine and industry are accumulating throughout Australia. The rate of accumulation has not been large and storage of these wastes close to the point of use has proved practicable to date but consideration must now be given to a central repository or repositories for these low level wastes. This report considers the question of selecting a site suitable for disposal of wastes by shallow ground burial. It attempts to asses the practicability of using factors suggested by the IAEA for the initial phase of site screening. The screening process described has essentially two stages. In the first New South Wales was divided into broad structural units and these ranked in order of suitability. In the second stage survey sites in which thick clay beds outcropped were delineated in the five highest ranking structural units. These survey sites were ranked on the basis of various geomorphological properties which largely described the hydrogeology of the site.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationEnvironmental Science Division. (1984). Demonstration of an initial screening phase for site selection for low level radioactive waste burial - an evaluation of relevant IAEA guidelines (AAEC/E499). Lucas Heights, NSW: Australian Atomic Energy Commission.en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc167en_AU
dc.identifier.isbn064259791Xen_AU
dc.identifier.otherAAEC-E-499en_AU
dc.identifier.placeofpublicationLucas Heights, New South Walesen_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/264en_AU
dc.language.isoen_auen_AU
dc.publisherAustralian Atomic Energy Divisionen_AU
dc.subjectGeologyen_AU
dc.subjectGround disposalen_AU
dc.subjectHydrologyen_AU
dc.subjectLow-level radioactive wastesen_AU
dc.subjectRadioactive waste disposalen_AU
dc.titleDemonstration of an initial screening phase for site selection for low level radioactive waste burial - an evaluation of relevant IAEA guidelines.en_AU
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