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The Role of the Engineered Barrier System in Safety Cases for Geological Radioactive Waste Repositories: An NEA Initiative in Co-operation with the EC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2011

David G. Bennett ,
Alan J. Hooper ,
Sylvie Voinis  and
Hiroyuki Umeki
David G. Bennett
Affiliation:
Galson Sciences Ltd
Alan J. Hooper
Affiliation:
UK Nirex Ltd
Sylvie Voinis
Affiliation:
OECD NEA
Hiroyuki Umeki
Affiliation:
EA
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Radioactive waste derives from all phases of the nuclear fuel cycle and from the use of radioactive materials in industrial, medical, military and research applications; all such wastes must be managed safely. The most hazardous and long-lived wastes, such as spent nuclear fuel and waste from nuclear fuel reprocessing, must be contained and isolated from humans and the environment for many thousands of years. Many Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) member countries are, therefore, researching plans for the management of long-lived radioactive waste in engineered facilities, or repositories, located deep underground in suitable geological formations.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 932: Symposium – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXIX , 2006 , 120.1
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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