NEA Seabed Working Group status on site qualification for nuclear waste disposal within deep-sea sediment

Technical Report · Tue May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:6890316

Auffret, G; Buckley, D; Laine, E; Schuttenhelm, R; Searle, R; Shephard, L

The NEA Seabed Working Group is evaluating the feasibility of disposing of high-level radioactive wastes beneath the seafloor. An integral part of this evaluation includes a detailed investigation of the geological, geochemical, and geophysical characteristics of the seafloor sediments that comprise the primary containment barrier to the possible release of radionuclides. This document presents the status of these investigations in locations being considered by the Seabed Working Group's Site Selection Task Group in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Ocean Basins as of calendar year 1982.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 6890316
• Report Number(s): SAND-83-2037; ON: DE84012884
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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