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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"deep borehole disposal"”.
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Canister design for deep borehole disposal of nuclear waste
… of this thesis was to design a canister for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and other high-level waste in deep borehole repositories using currently available and proven oil, gas, and geothermal drilling technology. The canister is suitable for disposal of various waste forms, such as fuel …
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Feasibility of very deep borehole disposal of US nuclear defense wastes
… waste from weapons production into a permanent borehole repository drilled ~4 km into granite basement rock. Two canister options were analyzed throughout the thesis: the canister currently used by the DOE for vitrified defense waste and a reference canister with a smaller diameter. In a thermal …
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Feasibility of lateral emplacement in very deep borehole disposal of high level nuclear waste
… As the U.S. has focused exclusively on geologic disposal in shallow mined repositories for the past two decades, an examination of disposal alternatives will be necessary should the Yucca Mountain Project be terminated. This provides an opportunity to study other promising waste disposal …
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Preliminary design and analysis for selected problems in deep borehole disposal of spent nuclear fuel
… of Sheffield have generated interest in deep boreholes as a nuclear waste disposal option for all or part of the U.S. high-level waste inventory. Many design elements of deep borehole disposal have not yet been solidified, and there has not yet been a systematic analysis of the logistics …
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Water borne transport of high level nuclear waste in very deep borehole disposal of high level nuclear waste
… report is to examine the feasibility of the very deep borehole experiment and to determine if it is a reasonable method of storing high level nuclear waste for an extended period of time. The objective of this thesis is to determine the escape mechanisms of radionuclides and to determine if …
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Parametric study of the total system life cycle cost of an alternate nuclear waste management strategy using deep boreholes
… current mined geologic repository approach to a deep borehole disposal strategy would reduce the undiscounted total system life cycle cost by $19.4B, or 32%.
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Optimization of deep boreholes for disposal of high-level nuclear waste
This work advances the concept of deep borehole disposal (DBD), where spent nuclear fuel (SNF) is isolated at depths of several km in basement rock. Improvements to the engineered components of the DBD concept (e.g., plug, canister, and fill materials) are presented. Reference site parameters and …