Radionuclide transport in fractured rock: An analogy with neutron transport
- Electrowatt Engineering Services Limited, Horsham (United Kingdom)
Nuclear power reactors produce useful energy in the form of heat and electricity. They also produce hazardous waste in the form of fission products which may remain dangerous to life for many thousands of years. The problems associated with the disposal of this waste is an international one and a variety of techniques have been proposed for solving it. The basic difficulty is that of devising a containment system that will isolate the nuclear waste from the biosphere for a period of time that is long compared with the associated half-lives. This a moral as well as a technical problem since we have a responsibility to avoid exposure to future generations or indeed future civilisations. Whilst the moral aspects will not be discussed in this paper, they have to be borne in mind since they affect political thinking and hence the public funding of the waste disposal problem.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 432165
- Journal Information:
- Advances in Nuclear Science and Technology, Vol. 23; Other Information: PBD: 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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