Radioactive waste storage in the arid zone
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Abstract
By the turn of the century, nuclear power may generate more than one-half of the electric energy, and about one-third of the total energy consumed in the United States [Thompson, 1971; Chapman et al., 1972]. By 2020, the total quantity of high-level radioactive wastes (HLW) generated as a byproduct of nuclear fuel reprocessing for such power generation may total about 900,000 m3 as liquid or 70,000 m3 as solid [Gera and Jacobs, 1972]; the radioactivity of long-lived nuclides in the HLW will total about 8.7×1010 Ci [Gera and Jacobs, 1972]. (High-level wastes are defined as wastes containing at least 1 Ci of radioactivity per liter of liquid, or 70 Ci/kg of solid [American Institute of Chemical Engineering, ANSI Standard N5.8-1967]. Wastes from chemical processing of irradiated nuclear fuels typically contain several hundred to several thousand curies per gallon [Fox, 1969].)
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Radioactive waste storage in the arid zone |
| Series title | Eos Science News |
| DOI | 10.1029/EO055i010p00884 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Year Published | 1974 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Geophysical Union |
| Contributing office(s) | National Research Program - Eastern Branch |
| Description | 11 p. |
| First page | 884 |
| Last page | 894 |
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