Edited by
W. Alexander, Wettingen, Switzerland
Linda McKinley, Wettingen, Switzerland
Description
This book presents a critical review of designing, siting, constructing and demonstrating the safety and environmental impact of deep
repositories for radioactive wastes. It is structured to provide a broad perspective of this multi-faceted, multi-disciplinary topic:
providing enough detail for a non-specialist to understand the fundamental principles involved and with extensive references to sources
of more detailed information.
Emphasis is very much on “deep” geological disposal – at least some tens of metres below land surface
and, in many cases, many hundred of metres deep. Additionally, only radioactive wastes are considered directly – even though such wastes
often contain also significant chemotoxic or otherwise hazardous components. Many of the principles involved are generally applicable
to other repository options (e.g. near-surface or on-surface disposal) and, indeed, to other types of hazardous waste.
Included in series
Radioactivity in the Environment
Audience:
Technical staff directly involved in radioactive waste management programmes; technical staff working on projects associated with such
programmes; general audience seeking technical overviews of waste management programmes; waste producers; nuclear waste management companies
