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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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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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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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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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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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 underground environments (such as deep clay formations, crystalline...
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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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Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (category Radioactive waste repositories in the United States)
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, or WIPP, in New Mexico, US, is a deep geological repository licensed to store transuranic radioactive waste for 10,000 years...
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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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Horizontal drillhole disposal (redirect from Deep Horizontal Drillhole Disposal)
Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste in Geologic Repositories. § 60.111 Performance of the geologic repository operations area through permanent closure...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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contracts with waste producers. ANDRA is responsible for the Cigéo deep geological repository project. ANDRA is currently based at five locations: The head...
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sole organization in Canada working towards the development of a deep geological repository (DGR) for the long-term storage of used nuclear fuel from Canadian...
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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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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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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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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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for radioactive waste was planned. The salt dome Gorleben, a deep geological repository was proposed. Moreover, an interim storage for spent nuclear fuel...
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