Impact of partitioning and transmutation on LWR high-level waste disposal

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-97

  Nishihara, Kenji ^a   Nakayama, Shinichi ^a   Morita, Yasuji ^a   Oigawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Iwasaki, Tomohiko ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accelerator driven system; Calcined waste form; Dry storage; Geological disposal; Glass waste form; High level radioactive waste; Light water reactor; Minor actinides; Partitioning; Repository; Thermal analysis; Transmutation

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ACCELERATOR-DRIVEN SYSTEMS; DRY STORAGE; GEOLOGICAL DISPOSAL; GLASS WASTE FORM; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE; MINOR ACTINIDES; PARTITIONING; TRANSMUTATION;

LIGHT WATER REACTORS;

EID: 39449117680     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3327/jnst.45.84     Document Type: Article

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