Alternative concepts for Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal: Conceptual design report. [Contains glossary]

Technical Report · Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:5989082

This conceptual design report is provided by the Department of Energy's Nuclear Energy Low-Level Waste Management Program to assist states and compact regions in developing new low-level radioactive waste (LLW) disposal facilities in accordance with the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendment Act of 1985. The report provides conceptual designs and evaluations of six widely considered concepts for LLW disposal. These are shallow land disposal (SLD), intermediate depth disposal (IDD), below-ground vaults (BGV), above-ground vaults (AGV), modular concrete canister disposal (MCCD), earth-mounded concrete bunker (EMCB). 40 refs., 45 figs., 77 tabs.

• Research Organization: Rogers and Associates Engineering Corp., Salt Lake City, UT (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-76ID01570
• OSTI ID: 5989082
• Report Number(s): DOE/LLW-60T; ON: DE87014889
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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POLICY AND ECONOMY
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
GROUND DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COMPLIANCE
COST ESTIMATION
DOSE EQUIVALENTS
GROUND WATER
INTRUSION
LEACHING
LICENSING
SPATIAL DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS
DISSOLUTION
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
SEPARATION PROCESSES
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
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