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Showing 1 to 20 of 147 for “"nuclear waste"”.
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Nuclear Waste Disposal
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Robotics for nuclear waste handling
This research focuses on the development of the control system of a dual arm industrial robot. A controller for the position control of unconstrained robot arm is also presented. System architecture, hardware configuration and software development are discussed in detail; The experimental set-up …
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Advancements in nuclear waste assay
… of the non-destructive gamma-ray assay of nuclear waste containers. A number of potentially accuracy-limiting issues were identified and addressed, resulting in new developments which were implemented on an instrument prior to entering it into service. A set of Pu reference sources used for …
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Water borne transport of high level nuclear waste in very deep borehole disposal of high level nuclear waste
… 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 naturally occurring salinity gradients could counteract this phenomenon. Because of the large …
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Corrosion Behavior of Nuclear Waste Storage Canister Materials
The nature of interaction of mild steel nuclear waste storage containers with technetium ions is not fully known. Technetium is formed during nuclear processing and some of this technetium has leaked at the Hanford nuclear waste storage site in Washington State. It is often found as highly oxidized …
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Nuclear Waste Management and Environmental Justice in Taiwan.
… examines environmental justice in the context of nuclear waste controversies on Orchid Island in Taiwan through the analysis of the differences between the Yami tribe and the Taiwanese migrants in their attitudes toward risks of the local nuclear waste repository and their understanding of the …
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Predictive Modeling of Nuclear Waste from Leaching Behavior
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Enhancing trust in US nuclear waste management institutions
… solution has led to the accumulation of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste material at nuclear power plants and former weapons manufacturing facilities. This situation poses a growing long-term public safety hazard, and it hampers the possibility of a revival of commercial …
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Permanence : aligning architecture, nuclear waste, and the Public
… of time. The thesis project aligns itself with nuclear waste. Nuclear energy will be necessary to serve the energy needs of a rapidly growing population, and as the technology becomes safer and more efficient it will be more prevalent in cities. The only problem with Nuclear energy is the waste. …
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Environmental justice and its borders : Croatian nuclear waste management
Through the example of nuclear waste management and related policies in Croatia, the thesis examines the elements of environmental justice: its importance and relevance for nuclear waste management, and the principles that can provide sustainability to the case of this study. This is achieved by …
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First principles simulation of cement for nuclear waste disposal
The immobilization of wastes that arise from the decommissioning of the UK civil nuclear program is a significant challenge facing both industry and researchers. The current plan for nuclear industry is to dispose of wastes within a deep underground facility and to use cement to immobilise many of …
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Canister design for deep borehole disposal of nuclear waste
… 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 assemblies and …
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Risk-informing decisions about high-level nuclear waste repositories
… for societal decisions in high-level radioactive waste (HLW) management, particularly in evaluating safety cases for proposed HLW repository development. Assessing risk from geologic repositories for HLW poses a significant challenge due to the uncertainties in modeling complex systems of such …
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Nuclear waste reprocessing and disposal for Iran : an assessment.
… Institute of Technology, Department of Nuclear Engineering, 1977
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Modeling of radiation effects on nuclear waste package materials
… Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 1988.
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Uncertainty-optimized predictive testing for a nuclear waste container
… Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 1987.
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Automated robotics system for nuclear waste handling (hardware and software)
… a safety system that could be implemented in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plan (WIPP) at Argonne National Labs West (ANLW). The safety system should both reduce operator error and prevent costly mistakes; The system consists of a computer and accompanying software placed between the control unit and …
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Analysis and evaluation of three promising nuclear waste disposal options
Disposal of high level nuclear waste has evoked much interest among scientists, engineers and society at large. Numerous schemes have been proposed in this regard and a few have been analyzed thoroughly. However, these schemes have been found to be valid only under very specific environmental …
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Mechanistic Modeling of Nuclear Waste Form Leaching by Aqueous Solutions
Predictive modeling of nuclear waste form leaching requires a mechanistic representation of the processes and factors controlling the rates at which species are released from the solid waste form into the contacting aqueous solution. A basic distinction is made among bulk, surface, and leachant …
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The necessity for permanence : making a nuclear waste storage facility
… Department of Energy is proposing to build a nuclear waste storage facility in southern Nevada. This facility will be designed to last 10,000 years. It must prevent the waste from contaminating the environment by either natural causes or by human intervention. This thesis investigates …
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