Development and application of a conceptual aproach for defining high level waste

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:10161656

Croff, A G; Forsberg, C W ^[1]; Cohen, J J; Smith, C F; Miller, D E ^[2]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
2. Science Applications International Corp. (United States)

The Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) of 1982 characterizes high-level radioactive waste (HLW) as having two key attributes: HLW is waste that is highly radioactive`` and`` ``requires permanent isolation.`` In this report, these two key attributes are analyzed to provide a conceptual technical definition for HLW that is consistent with the NWPA as well as other existing and proposed regulations. Also considered in deriving a suitable definition were engineering, health, and safety factors. The conceptual approach is applied to the complete spectrum of radioactive wastes and disposal techniques to provide an overall waste classification framework.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 10161656
• Report Number(s): DOE/OR/21400--T471; SAIC--85/1569; ON: DE92017536
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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