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Technical Report · Fri Dec 30 23:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:121048

Beale, H; Mogg, C

UK Nirex Limited is concentrating its further investigations at Sellafield in Cumbria to establish the sites suitability as a safe location for a deep disposal facility for intermediate and low level radioactive waste. Good progress has been achieved in the Site Characterization Program. The emerging picture of the geology and hydrogeology continues to suggest that the site holds good promise as a potential repository location. This paper sets out the latest results from site investigations at Sellafield and reviews some possibilities for enhancing waste containment deep underground at the site.

• Research Organization: Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ (United States). Coll. of Engineering and Mines; New Mexico State Univ., University Park, NM (United States); Waste-Management Education and Research Consortium (WERC), Las Cruces, NM (United States); USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 121048
• Report Number(s): CONF-940225--Vol.2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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05 NUCLEAR FUELS
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
58 GEOSCIENCES
CESIUM 137
CONTAINMENT
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IODINE 129
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIUM 226
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
STRONTIUM 90
THORIUM 230
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
UNITED KINGDOM
URANIUM 238