A survey of packaging for solidified low-level radioactive waste. Technical note

Technical Report · Fri Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1978

OSTI ID:5993754

Miller, N E

There are presently no federal regulations controlling the packaging of low-level radioactive wastes for disposal by shallow land burial. The packaging of low-level radioactive wastes for ocean disposal by the European community has been controlled by guidelines of the Nuclear Energy Agency of the OECD. For both methods of disposal, the 55-gallon steel drum has been the most commonly used container. The use of nonmetal packaging has been more common for contaminated trash and other low-level wastes at DOE shallow land burial sites. The life of the disposal container is affected by the structural stresses imposed by the handling and disposal operations, and by deterioration from corrosion in the disposal environment.

• Research Organization: Battelle Columbus Labs., OH (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5993754
• Report Number(s): PB-295038
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
CONTAINERS
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
MANAGEMENT
PACKAGING
PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
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WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES