Modern state of underground storage of liquid radioactive waste

Radiochemistry

“…What to do about the long-term storage of nuclear waste exercises many minds around the world, from Russia 216 to China, 217 Slovenia, 218 Germany 219 and the Czech Republic. 220 Specific problems that are being addressed are those of heat 221,222 and gas 222,223 generation, of the corrosion [224][225][226] of containing vessels, of the possibility of water penetration 227 and how might the various radio-isotopes be transported through soil 228 as well as their interaction with bacteria.…”