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OCRWM annual report to Congress, fiscal year 1997

, 1998
This report presents the progress in the activities of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management. Chapters include: Yucca Mountain site characterization project; Waste acceptance, storage and transportation project; Program management; Working ...

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Humanity's uranium-238 inventory: A significant and enduring gamma-radiation liability

Nukleonika
Uranium-238 (U-238), accounting for 99.3% of naturally occurring uranium, primarily utilized for nuclear energy production, is also used in civilian and military applications, leading to vast, geographically dispersed stocks across different byproduct ...
Pescatore Claudio
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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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The Application of Nitrogen Laser on Extraction of Uranium in The Long Life of High Level Radioactive Liquid Waste Using TBP-Kerosene Solvent [PDF]

, 2012
The radionuclide of uranium (U) is major radionuclide contained in the long life of high level radioactive liquid waste (HLLW) generated from reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel.
G. , Gunandjar, G, Gunandjar
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Beyond a million years: Robust radiation shielding for high-level waste

Nukleonika
A recent paper focused on gamma dose rates from unshielded high-level waste over periods exceeding 1 million years and demonstrated that this waste remains hazardous essentially indefinitely.
Pescatore Claudio
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THE RIGHT MANAGEMENT STEPS FOR RADIOACTIVE WASTE IN KOSOVO [PDF]

European Journal of Materials Science and Engineering, 2018
In this paper is described the present situation in Kosovo concerning the radioactive waste management and namely the waste inventory, classification, interim storage and final disposal considering IAEA documents on this topics.
Besire CENA
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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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Microbial Effects on Repository Performance [PDF]

, 2010
This report presents a critical review of the international literature on microbial effects in and around a deep geological repository for higher activity wastes.
West, J. M., Humphreys, Paul, Metcalfe, R.   +2 more
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Beyond one million years: The intrinsic radiation hazard of high-level nuclear wastes

Nukleonika
This paper highlights the absence of quantitative estimates regarding the intrinsic radiation hazard of high-level nuclear wastes, namely, spent fuel (SF) and vitrified high-level wastes (VHLW), for periods exceeding one million years.
Pescatore Claudio
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Photoneutron production mechanisms, their characteristics, and shielding strategies in high-energy linac environment: A review

Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences
Radiotherapy, a mainstay cancer treatment for patients worldwide, utilizes medical linear accelerators (linacs) with photon energies ranging from 4 MV to 25 MV. However, concerns arise at higher energies (>6 MV, particularly >10 MV).
Md Fakhar Uddin, Shirin Akter, Mahiuddin Ahmed, Bushra Nufrin Sattar, K.M. Mahabub Morshed, Hamid Osman, Fawzi F. Bokhari, Sultan J. Alsufyani, Shams A.M. Issa, Mayeen Uddin Khandaker   +9 more
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