A Truly Final Waste Management Solution: Is Very Deep Borehole Disposal a Realistic Option for High-Level Waste or Fissile Materials?

Radwaste Solutions

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 26-37

  Chapman, Neil ^a,b   Gibb, Fergus ^b  

^a University of Sheffield ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERED BARRIER SYSTEMS (EBS); HIGH-LEVEL WASTES (HLW);

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BOREHOLES; BORON; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LITHIUM; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PLUTONIUM; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; ROCKS;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE;

EID: 1642369858     PISSN: 15294900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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