radioactive waste disposal Articles

Research trends in radioactive waste management: a global perspective

The present study is aimed at analysing the growth of literature on radioactive waste management. International Nuclear Information System (INIS) database is used as a data source to analyse the focused areas of this field for the period 1970–2011. Journal Citation Report–2010 is used for eliciting information related to journal impact factors. The database contained a total of 101,419 ...

May 30, 2013

By Inderscience Publishers
Knowledge management for radioactive waste disposal: moving from theory to practice

The exponential growth in the knowledge base for radioactive waste management is a cause for concern in many national programmes. In Japan, this problem is exacerbated by a volunteering approach to siting of a deep geological repository, which requires particular flexibility in the tailoring of site characterisation plans, repository concepts and associated Performance Assessments (PAs). ...

May 19, 2011

By Inderscience Publishers
A risk-risk analysis-based socio-legal abstraction approach to complex decision making in nuclear systems

Complex risk-based decisions in nuclear systems are largely guided by probabilistic safety assessments and established legal precepts, such as ALARA. Typically, however, there exists a gap between the risk perceptions of experts and those of the public, which adversely affects the societal acceptability of these decisions. Often this gap is amplified by the media and campaign rhetoric, leading to ...

Jun. 13, 2007

By Inderscience Publishers
Ecological solution of the problem of handling liquid radioactive wastes – LRW (by the example of FSUE SSC RF RIAR)

A sharp reduction of nuclear waste amounts is possible if their elements are considered as source material of atomic complexes – SMAC. The prospect of their possible salvaging will require technological changes and ensuring safety of storage of the material till the need arises. Long experience in deep liquid radioactive waste disposal and accounting, calculations, and motivations demonstrate ...

Aug. 11, 2006

By Inderscience Publishers
Comparison of monitoring programmes of ultimate disposal facilities for radioactive waste and carbon dioxide

Reliable and cost–effective monitoring is an important part of making geological repositories safe, effective, and acceptable for radioactive waste disposal and carbon dioxide (CO2) storage. The major objectives of monitoring should include the evolution of disposal systems compared to the baseline data of the undisturbed site, as well as the validation of the assumptions and results of the ...

Oct. 29, 2014

By Inderscience Publishers
Radioactive waste management in Italy

After a short review of radioactive waste origins and inventories in Italy, the paper deals with the current major challenges that Italy has to cope with to pursue its radioactive waste sustainable management and safe disposal. Site restoration by Sogin of dismissed nuclear installations is part of the waste management challenge. The importance of assuring the highest levels of safety culture ...

Jan. 9, 2014

By Inderscience Publishers
Comparison of cost estimates of final disposal facilities for carbon dioxide and high–level radioactive waste

This paper presents new research and new cost calculations for carbon dioxide (CO2) disposal in Cuba and Lithuania, as well as lessons from the comparative assessment of CO2 and high–level Radioactive Waste (RW) disposal costs in several countries. Nuclear power and CO2 Capture and Disposal (CCD) are key greenhouse gas mitigation options, both entailing the long–term, geological disposal of ...

Oct. 29, 2014

By Inderscience Publishers
Sogin: best practice in supplier qualification

The purchasing and procurement policy of the Italian Sogin company, which is engaged in the reclamation of nuclear sites and management of radioactive waste, helps to ensure safety and quality during all work stages so as to protect workers, citizens and the environment.Keywords: Sogin, Nucleco, nuclear decommissioning, radioactive waste, waste management and disposal, qualification system, ...

Jan. 9, 2014

By Inderscience Publishers
A Batch-Type Testing Method for Determination of Adsorption of Gaseous Compounds on Partially Saturated Soils

As part of this study, a laboratory batch-type testing method has been developed for determination of the adsorptive characteristics and equilibrium adsorption coefficients for gaseous chemical species on partially saturated soils. The testing procedure was originally developed in support of in-situ tests at radioactive waste disposal sites in which relatively inert tracer gases are injected into ...

Mar. 1, 1989

By ASTM International
Costing plutonium: economics of reprocessing in India

The relative merits of reprocessing and direct disposal of spent nuclear fuel have been widely debated in Europe and the USA. An important aspect of the debate has been the economics of reprocessing. So far there have been no studies of the subject in the Indian context. This study assesses the economics of reprocessing in India and the cost of producing plutonium for the fast breeder reactor ...

Aug. 14, 2007

By Inderscience Publishers
Prospects for development of technologies of radwaste geological isolation in Russia

Based on the analysis of volumes, inventory and activity of all RW accumulated in Russia, the comparative estimation on methods of their safe final isolation has been conducted. More than 90% of all RW is low level activity wastes. For such waste, the most effective method of disposal is near the surface or in a superficial (shallow) underground facility created recently or one that is already ...

Aug. 11, 2006

By Inderscience Publishers
Risk perception in Korea: an application of psychometric paradigm

Korean students rated the risk of 70 hazards and a subset on seven risk characteristics. The results show that two higher order factors - "dread risk" and "unknown risk" - structure the Korean risk perceptions of the 70 hazards. On the dread risk dimension, all six nuclear risks (nuclear power, nuclear war/weapon, nuclear weapon tests, transportation of radioactive materials, ...

Feb. 10, 2004

By Inderscience Publishers
Sub-seabed disposal of radioactive waste

This article considers two detailed reviews of the legal aspects of Sub-Seabed Disposal of Radioactive Waste, by Richard Macrory and Ray Purdy (January 2005) and the opinion of Christopher Katkowski Q.C. and Stephen Tromans, March 2005. In substance, both reviews conclude that for a sub-seabed repository accessed from land by tunnel, the relevant International Conventions, in particular the UN ...

Jul. 12, 2006

By Inderscience Publishers
Public perception of ultimate disposal facilities for radioactive waste and carbon dioxide: results from a cross–national comparison

The public perception of ultimate disposal facilities for Radioactive Waste (RW) and carbon dioxide (CO2) is crucial for the selection, construction and operation of such sites. This paper presents a cross–national comparison of the public perceptions of ultimate disposal facilities for RW and CO2 in the Czech Republic, Germany and Lithuania. The results of the comparison revealed similarities ...

Oct. 29, 2014

By Inderscience Publishers
Application of Monte Carlo Analysis for Assessing Radiation Doses and Risks to Humans

ABSTRACTThis BIOMASS Theme 2 report has been produced by the Remediation Working Group, which is concerned with the evaluation of the reliability of dose and risk assessment methodologies applied in support of decisions related to the cost-effectiveness of risk reduction measures within an environmental remediation programme. Scenarios have been developed concerning the site contaminated by an ...

Nov. 2, 2002

By Oracle
Review on hospital wastes and its possible treatments

Medical waste management is of a great importance due to its potential impact to environment and consequently to human health. In the recent years, many efforts have been made by environmental regulatory agencies and waste generators to better managing the wastes from healthcare facilities. In the past, medical waste was often mixed with municipal solid waste and disposed in residential waste ...

Mar. 1, 2013

By Ozonator Environmental Solutions
Matrix Gemini LIMS at work in the Nuclear Industry

Bradwell nuclear power station is located on the Dengie peninsula at the mouth of the River Blackwater in Essex. Construction of Bradwell power station began in December 1957 and electricity generation started in 1962. It had two Magnox reactors producing 242 Megawatts of electricity. It could supply enough electricity to meet the combined needs of three towns the size of Chelmsford, Colchester ...

May 24, 2013

By Autoscribe Informatics
Comparing policy, regulations and institutions for geological disposal of radioactive waste and carbon dioxide

This paper compares the policy, regulatory and institutional (PRI) settings of Radioactive Waste (RW) and Carbon Dioxide (CO2) disposal for selected countries. This comparison is premised on the following arguments: (a) the policy/political acceptance of nuclear power and coal power with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology to redress the climate change challenge will be essentially ...

Oct. 29, 2014

By Inderscience Publishers
Tectonic processes development with time in the areas of HLW disposal from expert assessment to prognosis

A methodical approach is given which is applied to prediction of the persistence of the natural isolation properties of the geological environment for a time period of 104–105 years, when disposing of radioactive waste in geological formations. It is based on modelling geodynamic and tectonic processes development with time and assessing their effects on the persistence of structural tectonic ...

Aug. 11, 2006

By Inderscience Publishers
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories: Mobile Lindner Shredder converts scrap wood into compactable bulk material for the daily covering of landfills - Case Study

At the beginning of 2016, Chalk River Laboratories (CRL), Ontario/Canada, which is part of Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), put into operation a Urraco 75 DK mobile shredder from Lindner (www.l-rt.com) on their site. On the landfill for non-contaminated waste, which is operated by the company's Decommissioning & Waste Management division, the shredder is in permanent use crushing wood, ...

May 17, 2018

By Lindner-Recyclingtech GmbH

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