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Hydrothermal Conditions around a Radioactive Waste Repository

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Roger Thunvik
Affiliation:
Royal Institute of Technology, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
Carol Braester
Affiliation:
Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
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Extract

The possibility of permanent burial of radioactive waste from nuclear power plants, is studied in Sweden at the KBS (Nuclear Fuel Safety) - project. Definite repository sites have not yet been selected, but the general principles of construction regarding the layout have been devised (KBS).

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Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1982

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