Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; About the authors; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Radioactive and hazardous solid waste isolation; Chapter 3 Nature of clays; Chapter 4 Clay-water reactions and partly saturated water transport; Chapter 5 Contaminant-clay interactions and impacts; Chapter 6 Thermal, hydraulic, mechanical, chemical and biological processes; Chapter 7 Clay evolution and longterm buffer/barrier performance; Chapter 8 Field and mock-up experiments; Chapter 9 Modelling for prediction and performance assessment
Chapter 10 Safety assessment and performance determinationReferences; Index
Summary
One of the principal objections to or problems with the use of nuclear fuel is that a proven method for safe disposal of spent nuclear fuel has yet to be established. The central focus of most schemes underway to dispose of these high-level radioactive wastes relies on clay-based buffers and barriers to isolate spent fuel canisters in boreholes deep underground in specially constructed tunnels and caverns. Current thought on the principal methods of containment of high-level radioactive wastes is presented in this book. The authors proceed to discuss the processes and mechanisms involved in th
