High-level radioactive waste disposal : the international scene
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Date
1983-11-30
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Australian Atomic Energy Commission
Abstract
The status of developments in spent fuel reprocessing, high-level wast solidification and geologic isolation is reviewed. Some generic studies on the possible range of annual radiological doses to individuals from waste repositories are discussed and compared with doses from existing nuclear power and fuel cycle operations, and with the dose received annually from the naturally occurring radiation background. The significance of neptunium-237 in dose estimation is discussed, together with technological trends in separation and disposal of long lived actinide elements.
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Radioactive wastes, Solidification, Geologic deposits, Underground storage, Dosimetry, Natural radioactivity, Neptunium 237, Actinides
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Costello, J. M. (1983). High-level radioactive waste disposal : the international scene. Paper presented to the Australian Geoscience Council: Australian Academy of Science Symposium, "Radioactive Waste Management: A Geoscientific Assessment", 30 November 1983, Canberra.