Borehole Disposal and the Cradle-To-Grave Management Program for Radioactive Sealed Sources in Egypt
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OSTI ID:21208703
- Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185 (United States)
- Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority, 3 Ahmed El-Zomor Street, Nasr City, Cairo (Egypt)
The Integrated Management Program for Radioactive Sealed Sources (IMPRSS) is greatly improving the management of radioactive sealed sources (RSSs) in Egypt. When completed, IMPRSS will protect the people and the environment from another radioactive incident. The Government of Egypt and Sandia National Laboratories are collaboratively implementing IMPRSS. The integrated activities are divided into three broad areas: the safe management of RSSs in-use, the safe management of unwanted RSSs, and crosscutting infrastructure. Taken together, these work elements comprise a cradle-to-grave program. To ensure sustainability, the IMPRSS emphasizes such activities as human capacity development through technology transfer and training, and development of a disposal facility. As a key step in the development of a disposal facility, IMPRSS is conducting a safety assessment for intermediate-depth borehole disposal in thick arid alluvium in Egypt based on experience with the U.S.'s Greater Confinement Disposal boreholes. This safety assessment of borehole disposal is being supported by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) through an IAEA Technical Cooperation Project. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 13023, Tucson, AZ, 85732-3023 (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 21208703
- Report Number(s):
- INIS-US--09-WM-06236
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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