scholarly journals Characteristics of spent fuel, high-level waste, and other radioactive wastes which may require long-term isolation

1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Not Given Author
Keyword(s):  
Radioactive Wastes ◽  
High Level Waste ◽  
Spent Fuel ◽  
High Level

Analytical Approximations for the Long-Term Decay Behavior of Spent Fuel and High-Level Waste

1982 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 292-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl M. Malbrain ◽  
Richard K. Lester ◽  
John M. Deutch
Keyword(s):  
High Level Waste ◽  
Spent Fuel ◽  
Analytical Approximations ◽  
High Level ◽  
Decay Behavior

The IAEA Coordinated Research Programme on the Performance of High-Level Waste Forms and Packages Under Repository Conditions

1992 ◽  
Vol 294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir S. Tsyplenkov
Keyword(s):  
Near Field ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
High Level Waste ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Spent Fuel ◽  
Waste Forms ◽  
Safety Assessments ◽  
High Level ◽  
Coordination Meeting

ABSTRACTThe IAEA initiated, in 1991, a Coordinated Research Programme (CRP), with the aim of promoting the exchange of information on the results obtained by different countries in the performance of high-level waste forms and waste packages under conditions relevant to final repository. These studies are being undertaken to obtain reliable data as input to safety assessments and environmental impact analyses, for final disposal purposes. The CRP includes studies on waste forms that are presently of interest worldwide: borosilicate glass, Synroc and spent fuel.Ten laboratories leading in investigation of high-level waste form performance have already joined the programme. The results of their studies and plans for future research were presented at the first Research Coordination Meeting, held in Karlsruhe, Germany, in November 1991. The technical contributions concentrated on effecting an understanding of dissolution mechanisms of waste forms under simulated repository conditions. A quantitative interpretation of the chemical processes in the near field is considered a prerequisite for long-term predictions and for the formulation of a "source term" for performance assessment studies.

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