1980
DOI: 10.2172/60319
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Assessment of effectiveness of geologic isolation systems. Geologic factors in the isolation of nuclear waste: evaluation of long-term geomorphic processes and catastrophic events

Abstract: •• PREFACE Associated with commercial nuclear power production in the United States is the generation of potentially hazardous radioactive waste products. The • Department of Energy (DOE), through the National Waste Terminal Storage (NWTS) Program and the Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation (ONWI), is seeking to• develop nuclear waste isolation systems in geologic formations. These underground waste isolation systems will preclude contact with the biosphere of waste radionuclides in concentrations which are suff… Show more

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“…The effects of distant earthquakes on an underground repository will be small and controllable (Pratt and others, 1978;Dowding and Rosen, 1978). The effects of epeirogenic movements on an appropriately selected site will be minimal (Mara, 1980). The potential effects of faulting and nearby earthquakes are less well understood (Pratt and others, 1979); therefore, faults and nearby earthquakes must be analyzed in detail in considerations of specific repository sites.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The effects of distant earthquakes on an underground repository will be small and controllable (Pratt and others, 1978;Dowding and Rosen, 1978). The effects of epeirogenic movements on an appropriately selected site will be minimal (Mara, 1980). The potential effects of faulting and nearby earthquakes are less well understood (Pratt and others, 1979); therefore, faults and nearby earthquakes must be analyzed in detail in considerations of specific repository sites.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%