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Disposal of Spent Sealed Radiation Sources in Borehole Repositories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

I.A. Sobolev
Affiliation:
Scientific and Industrial Association “Radon”, The 7-th Rostovsky Lane, 2/14 Moscow, 119121, Russia
E.M. Timofeev
Affiliation:
Scientific and Industrial Association “Radon”, The 7-th Rostovsky Lane, 2/14 Moscow, 119121, Russia
M.I. Ojovan
Affiliation:
Scientific and Industrial Association “Radon”, The 7-th Rostovsky Lane, 2/14 Moscow, 119121, Russia, [email protected]
V.V. Shiryaev
Affiliation:
Scientific and Industrial Association “Radon”, The 7-th Rostovsky Lane, 2/14 Moscow, 119121, Russia
A.E. Arustamov
Affiliation:
Scientific and Industrial Association “Radon”, The 7-th Rostovsky Lane, 2/14 Moscow, 119121, Russia
M.B. Kachalov
Affiliation:
Scientific and Industrial Association “Radon”, The 7-th Rostovsky Lane, 2/14 Moscow, 119121, Russia
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Abstract

In Russia the spent sealed radiation sources are disposed of into shallow ground borehole repositories. Design and status of the repositories as well as the basis for the safe disposal of the sources with metal matrices are presented.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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