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Materials Research for the Canadian Nuclear Fuel Waste Management Program

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Donald J. Cameron
Donald J. Cameron*
Affiliation:
Atomic Energy of Canada Research Company Ltd., Whiteshell Nuclear Research Establishment, Pinawa, Manitoba, Canada ROE 1LO.
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Abstract

Nuclear fuel waste disposal research in Canada is concentrating on hard-rock disposal. The research programs concerned with the man-made components of the disposal system are reviewed. Irradiated fuel and solidified reprocessing wastes are both being researched, as are durable containers, and buffer and backfill materials. This review concentrates mainly on the more scientific aspects of the research, which contribute to the selection of preferred options for the various components of the system, and which support directly or indirectly the safety analysis of the disposal concept. Some technology development is included in the program now, and this is expected to expand as confidence in the acceptability of the disposal concept grows.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 6: Symposium D – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management IV , 1981 , 741
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1982

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