The problem of burying radioactive wastes containing transplutonium elements (TPE)

Conference · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986 · Sov. Radiochem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:6967642

Bryzgalova, R V; Krivokhatskii, A S; Rogozin, Y M; Sinitsyna, G S

This paper discusses the problem of burying radioactive wastes containing TPE. The most acceptable and developed method at present is that of disposal into continental, deep-lying, geological formatins. Based on an analysis of estimates of the thermal conditions on burying highly active wastes, including TPE concentrates, data on the filtration and sorption characteristics of rocks, estimates of the diffusion of radionuclide species capable of migrating, and taking into account the retention powers of rocks it is concluded that it is possible to bury such wastes in weakly permeable geological formations possessing shielding characteristics which ensure reliability and safety in burial.

• OSTI ID: 6967642
• Report Number(s): CONF-8306297-
• Journal Information: Sov. Radiochem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 28:1; Conference: 2. All-Union conference on the chemistry of the transplutonium elements, Dimitrovgrad, USSR, 21 Jun 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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