Geological Disposal of Nuclear Waste: a Primer

被引:98
作者
Ewing, Rodney C. [1 ]
Whittleston, Robert A. [2 ,3 ]
Yardley, Bruce W. D. [4 ]
机构
[1] Stanford Univ, Dept Geol Sci, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[2] Hitachi Europe Ltd, European Nucl Res Ctr, Capital House,25 Chapel St, London NW1 5DH, England
[3] Dept Transportat, London SW1P 4DR, England
[4] Radioact Waste Management, Bldg 587,Curie Ave, Oxford OX11 0RH, England
关键词
nuclear waste; nuclear power; spent nuclear fuel; vitrified high-level nuclear waste; geological disposal; multiple barriers; RADIOACTIVE-WASTE; REPOSITORY;
D O I
10.2113/gselements.12.4.233
中图分类号
P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号
0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
The back-end of the nuclear fuel cycle has become the Achilles Heel of nuclear power. After more than 50 years of effort, there are, at present, no operating nuclear waste repositories for the spent nuclear fuel from commercial nuclear power plants or for the high-level waste from the reprocessing of spent fuel. The articles in this issue of Elements describe the status of geological disposal in salt, crystalline rock, clay, and tuff, as presently developed in five countries.
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页码:233 / 237
页数:5
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