Abstract:The radioactive phase of the demonstration disposal of high-level radioactive wastes in a salt mine was completed by the end of June 1967. The remainder of the mine experiments were terminated, and The Carey Salt Company's Lyons, Kansas, mine was placed on a standby basis, beginning February 1968. During the 19-month operation of the radioactive demonstration, the average dose to the salt over the length of the radioactive container holes was about 8 x lo8 rads, and the peak dose was about lo9 rads. A study of… Show more
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