Open AccessTechnology, Safety and Costs of Decommissioning a Reference Low-Level Waste Burial Ground. Main Report
Author(s) -
Ellyn M. Murphy,
G.M. Holter
Publication year - 1980
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/1074128
Subject(s) - nuclear decommissioning , trench , radioactive waste , environmental science , arid , hydrology (agriculture) , waste management , geology , engineering , geotechnical engineering , paleontology , chemistry , organic chemistry , layer (electronics)
Safety and cost information are developed for the conceptual decommissioning of commercial low-level waste (LLW) burial grounds. Two generic burial grounds, one located on an arid western site and the other located on a humid eastern site, are used as reference facilities for the study. The two burial grounds are assumed to have the same site capacity for waste, the same radioactive waste inventory, and similar trench characteristics and operating procedures. The climate, geology. and hydrology of the two sites are chosen to be typical of real western and eastern sites. Volume 1 (Main Report) contains background information and study results in summary form