A deep geological repository is a way of storing hazardous or radioactive waste within a stable geologic environment, typically 200–1,000 m below the surface...
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The Deep Geologic Repository Project (DGR) was a proposal by Ontario Power Generation (OPG) in 2002 for the site preparation, construction, operation,...
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The Onkalo spent nuclear fuel repository is a deep geological repository for the final disposal of spent nuclear fuel. It is near the Olkiluoto Nuclear...
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Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository, as designated by the Nuclear Waste Policy Act amendments of 1987, is a proposed deep geological repository storage facility...
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Radioactive waste (section Geologic disposal)
subsequently converted into a glass-like ceramic for storage in a deep geological repository. The time radioactive waste must be stored depends on the type...
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over extensive time periods. Others insist on the necessity of deep geologic repositories in stable formations. Forecasts concerning the health impacts...
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Morsleben Radioactive Waste Repository (German: Endlager für radioaktive Abfälle Morsleben-ERAM) is a deep geological repository for radioactive waste in...
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directly disposed of in a deep geologic repository because of their chemical reactivity in the underground environment (deep clay formations, crystalline...
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Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (category Radioactive waste repositories in the United States)
or WIPP, in New Mexico, US, is the world's third deep geological repository (after Germany's Repository for radioactive waste Morsleben and the Schacht...
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Ontario. OPG has proposed the construction and operation of a deep geologic repository for the long-term storage of low and intermediate level waste on...
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Asse II mine (category Radioactive waste repositories)
Asse II mine (Schacht Asse II) is a former salt mine used as a deep geological repository for radioactive waste in the Asse Mountains of Wolfenbüttel, Lower...
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defense nuclear activities at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, a deep geologic repository. Other countries do not include this category, favoring variations...
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16, 2020. "Deep Geologic Repository". www.opg.com. Retrieved August 20, 2016. "Saugeen Ojibway Nation Votes Down Deep Geologic Repository Proposal". www...
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Gorleben salt dome (category Radioactive waste repositories)
The Gorleben salt dome is a proposed deep geological repository in a salt dome in Gorleben in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district in the far north-east of Lower...
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WIPP may refer to: Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, a deep geological repository for nuclear waste Women in Periodical Publishing (today known as Exceptional...
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Ontario. OPG has proposed the construction and operation of a deep geologic repository for the long-term storage of this low and intermediate level waste...
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operate a deep geologic repository (DGR) on the Bruce Nuclear site, adjacent to its present Western Waste Management Facility. The repository would provide...
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Konrad mine (category Radioactive waste repositories)
mine (Schacht Konrad) is a former iron ore mine proposed as a deep geological repository for medium- and low level radioactive waste in the city Salzgitter...
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Posiva (category Radioactive waste repositories)
currently constructing the Onkalo spent nuclear fuel repository, the world's first deep geological repository, at the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant site. Posiva's...
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deep boreholes instead of in more traditional deep geological repositories that are excavated like mines. Deep borehole disposal seeks to place the waste...
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processes affecting copper-coated nuclear waste containers in a deep geological repository". Progress in Materials Science. 118: 100766. doi:10.1016/j.pmatsci...
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then. Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository is the proposed U.S. Department of Energy deep geological repository storage facility for spent nuclear...
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lease from Ontario Power Generation. Ontario Power Generation's Deep Geologic Repository for low and intermediate-level waste at the plant has been planned...
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moratoria on new nuclear power until a storage solution emerges". A deep geological repository seems to be the favored approach to storing nuclear waste. On...
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operation of existing radioactive waste repositories; preparation for the construction of a deep geological repository for high-level waste; maintaining records...
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6076R. doi:10.1128/AEM.00521-11. PMC 3165411. PMID 21764951. "Deep Geologic Repository Project" (PDF). Ceaa-acee.gc.ca. Retrieved April 18, 2017. Roy...
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Natural nuclear fission reactor (category Radioactive waste repositories)
as they are today, which implies that α was the same too. Deep geological repository Geology of Gabon Mounana Kuroda, P. K. (1956). "On the Nuclear Physical...
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disposal of radioactive waste Ocean floor disposal Deep borehole disposal Deep geological repository Radioactive waste § Management Toxic waste dumping...
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(JRP): 13 months; Site C Clean Energy Project (JRP) 8.5 months; Deep Geologic Repository Project (JRP) 17 months; Enbridge Northern Gateway Project (JRP)...
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have been linked to underground engineering problems, such as deep geological repository. In general, microcracks in rock can be subdivided into four groups:...
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