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Title: Engineering for transportation and disposal of low-level radioactive wastes in Japan

Abstract

This article describes the engineer procedures Japanese nuclear power stations use for low-level radioactive waste transport and disposal. After volume reduction of low-level liquid waste, the wastes are solidified with cement and asphalt and stored on site until the end of the FY. Regulations cover disposal facilities transportation of waste packages, and the waste packages themselves. Disposal safety is ensured by phased control, a combination of artificial and natural barriers. Safety evaluation before disposal is designed to provide assurance that the effects of radiation on the environment will be prevented by controls in each phases. Before beginning disposal operations, research is being done by power companies on transport. Topics covered include the following: waste package shipment inspection techniques (evaluation of waste package radioactivity, evaluation of waste package characteristics) and Waste Package Transport (transport method, transport dose evaluation systems, national transport regulation complience).

Authors:
 [1];  [2];
  1. Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd., Rokkasho (Japan)
  2. Chubu Electric Power Co., Nagoya (Japan)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
105905
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Radwaste Magazine
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 1; Journal Issue: 4; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
05 NUCLEAR FUELS; 29 ENERGY PLANNING AND POLICY; LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; LAND TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; JAPAN; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; REGULATIONS; SAFETY

Citation Formats

Suzuki, Yutaka, Ohno, Hiroo, and Akagawa, Yoshihiro. Engineering for transportation and disposal of low-level radioactive wastes in Japan. United States: N. p., 1994. Web.
Suzuki, Yutaka, Ohno, Hiroo, & Akagawa, Yoshihiro. Engineering for transportation and disposal of low-level radioactive wastes in Japan. United States.
Suzuki, Yutaka, Ohno, Hiroo, and Akagawa, Yoshihiro. 1994. "Engineering for transportation and disposal of low-level radioactive wastes in Japan". United States.
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title = {Engineering for transportation and disposal of low-level radioactive wastes in Japan},
author = {Suzuki, Yutaka and Ohno, Hiroo and Akagawa, Yoshihiro},
abstractNote = {This article describes the engineer procedures Japanese nuclear power stations use for low-level radioactive waste transport and disposal. After volume reduction of low-level liquid waste, the wastes are solidified with cement and asphalt and stored on site until the end of the FY. Regulations cover disposal facilities transportation of waste packages, and the waste packages themselves. Disposal safety is ensured by phased control, a combination of artificial and natural barriers. Safety evaluation before disposal is designed to provide assurance that the effects of radiation on the environment will be prevented by controls in each phases. Before beginning disposal operations, research is being done by power companies on transport. Topics covered include the following: waste package shipment inspection techniques (evaluation of waste package radioactivity, evaluation of waste package characteristics) and Waste Package Transport (transport method, transport dose evaluation systems, national transport regulation complience).},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/105905}, journal = {Radwaste Magazine},
number = 4,
volume = 1,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994},
month = {Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994}
}