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Geologic disposal of radioactive waste, 1983

Conference ·
OSTI ID:60510
Geologic repositories for radioactive waste are evolving from conceptualization to the development of specific designs. Estimates of long-term hazards must be based upon quantitative predictions of environmental releases over time periods of hundreds of thousands of years and longer. This paper summarizes new techniques for predicting the long-term performance of repositories, it presents estimates of future environmental releases and radiation doses that may result for conceptual repositories in various geologic media, and it compares these predictions with an individual dose criterion of 10{sup -4} Sv/y. 50 references, 11 figures, 6 tables.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
60510
Report Number(s):
LBL--16795; CONF-831063--9; ON: DE84002890
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English