Survey of degradation modes of candidate materials for high-level radioactive-waste disposal containers [PDF]
, 1988 Six alloys are being considered as possible materials for the fabrication of containers for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste. Three of these candidate materials are copper-based alloys: CDA 102 (oxygen-free copper), CDA 613 (Cu-7Al), and CDA ...
G.E. Gdowski +3 more
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Indoor UAV for Nuclear Investigation: Experimental Qualification and Field Feedback
Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Indoor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have recently gained interest for inspection and investigation tasks in hazardous environments. In the nuclear field, indoor UAVs offer promising capabilities to reduce workers' exposure to ionizing radiation while accessing confined or elevated areas.
Jérémy Seyssaud +6 more
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Reversibility and switching options values in the geological disposal of radioactive waste. [PDF]
This article offers some economic insights for the debate on the reversible geological disposal of radioactive waste. Irreversibility due to large sunk costs, an important degree of flexibility and several sources of uncertainty are taken into account in
Sandrine Spaeter, Oana Ionescu
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Rylands v Fletcher Redux: Rubis Bahamas Ltd v Russell
The Modern Law Review, EarlyView.The decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Rubis Bahamas Ltd v Russell is the most significant development in the law of Rylands v Fletcher for decades. Rejecting the view that the rule is merely a sub‐species of private nuisance, the Committee reconstructed it as an independent rule of strict liability governing harm caused by ...
Marco Cappelletti
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The Momentum of ‘Developed’: Bodies of Water, Aging Bodies and Malta's Interventions at the UN
History, EarlyView.Abstract Histories of major powers continue to shape how many scholars conceptualize internationalism. By focusing on Malta's interventions at the UN challenges, this article challenges such narrative. In particular, it examines Arvid Pardo's 1967 petition that the seabed be reconceived and protected as the ‘common heritage of mankind’ and Vincent ...
Brianne Wesolowski
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Diffusion capability of Cs-137 in compacted soil and bentonite under groundwater-saturated condition
Discover EnvironmentSeveral researches have been studied the diffusion coefficient (Da) of radionuclide in soil samples in varies location around the world; however, the effect of cations in groundwater as a medium of saturation for Cs-137 diffusion in soil and bentonite ...
Sufi Adzkia Salma +3 more
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Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal in Texas: Uses of Radioactive Material
, 1985 Brochure examines "the major uses of radioactive materials, and provide[s] a better understanding of their impact in our daily lives" (p. [2])
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority
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The Anthropocene and the End of Nuclear Disaster: Normalizing the Fukushima Nuclear Accident
American Anthropologist, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article places the concept of disaster in critical dialogue with that of the Anthropocene, which introduces new imaginaries that negatively affect the governance of crises like nuclear accidents. I argue that tropes surrounding the Anthropocene can depict certain events as apocalyptic calamities while also portraying other events as mere “
Maxime Polleri
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Study on legal responsibility regarding disposal of radioactive waste
, 2015 The issue of disposal of radioactive waste in Japan is extremely important especially after the accident of Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Power Plant at the time of the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011.
西久保, 裕彦
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"Influences on European Union Nuclear Waste Transport Policy" [PDF]
, 1995 This paper identifies the evolution of pro- and anti-nuclear advocacy coalitions to their incorporation of the shipments issue in the late 1980's. The pro-nuclear waste transport advocacy coalition has come to include developed nuclear powers, such as ...
Anglim, Jennifer +2 more
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