Locating a Radioactive Waste Repository in the Ring of Fire

Mick Apted; Kelvin Berryman; Neil Chapman; Mark Cloos; Charles B. Connor; Kazumi Kitayama; Steve Sparks; Hiroyuki Tsuchi

doi:10.1029/2004EO450001

Locating a Radioactive Waste Repository in the Ring of Fire

Mick Apted, Kelvin Berryman, Neil Chapman, Mark Cloos, Charles B. Connor, Kazumi Kitayama, Steve Sparks, Hiroyuki Tsuchi

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The scientific, technical, and sociopolitical challenges of finding a secure site for a geological repository for radioactive wastes have created a long and stony path for many countries. Japan carried out many years of research and development before taking its first steps in site selection.

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan (NUMO) began looking for a high-level waste repository site (HLW, vitrified residue from reprocessing power reactor fuel) 2 years ago. Over the next 10–20 years, NUMO hopes to find a site to dispose of ∼20,000 tons of HLW in a robustly engineered repository constructed at a depth of several hundred meters.

Original language	American English
Journal	Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union
Volume	85
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2004EO450001
State	Published - Nov 9 2004

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