Rethinking High-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal A Position Statement of the Board on Radioactive Waste Management (1990) / Chapter Skim
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However, it notes that even if nuclear power in this country were discontinued tomorrow a highly unlikely event we would still need to dispose of nuclear waste from existing power plants and defense programs, and we would therefore still require a viable HLW disposal program. The second reason that radioactive waste management remains in trouble is the way in which the programs have been designed and carried out.
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The challenge of HLW disposal is dominated by the spent fuel from these nuclear power plants. Each 1,000-megawatt (MWE)
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In conducting these analyses, DOE has relied heavily on building computer models of the repository and surrounding geological environment, along with possible pathways of radionuclide transport. However, preparing quantitative predictions so far into the future pushes the boundaries of our understanding of geology, groundwater chemistry and movement, and their interactions with the emplaced material (radioactive waste package, backfill, sealants, and so on)
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