[en] Radioactive waste management and disposal requirements options available are discussed. The possibility of beneficial utilization of radioactive wastes is covered. Methods of interim storage of transuranium wastes are listed. Methods of shipment of low-level and high-level radioactive wastes are presented. Various methods of radioactive waste disposal are discussed

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[en] Radioactive wastes in solid, liquid, and gaseous forms are generated wherever radioactive materials are handled. Unlike conventional industrial wastes, most of them are not amenable (within presently available technology) to treatment that can destroy their toxicity. They become innocuous only through natural decay, and many of the isotopes of concern decay so slowly that they must be isolated from the environment for hundreds of thousands of years. The primary objective of nuclear waste management is to protect man and his environment from these materials by providing containment by means that are available within present or near-future technology. The origin and nature of the wastes are reviewed, and the methods of treatment that are in use or that soon can be made available are described

[en] ORNL has proposed to ERDA a program for the cost-risk-benefit analysis of actinide partitioning and transmutation as a waste management concept. The program is divided into two groups of tasks: experimental work on separations process flowsheet, and nonpartitioning aspects. These tasks and expected results in FY 1979 are described

[en] The industrial facilities that have been built or are under construction in France, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and West Germany to handle light-water reactor (LWR) spent fuel and canisters of vitrified high-level waste before ultimate disposal are described and illustrated with drawings and photographs. Published information on the operating performance of these facilities is also given. This information was assembled for consideration in planning and design of similar equipment and facilities needed for the Federal Waste Management System in the United States

[en] The beneficial utilization of waste, regardless of the form selected, is a type of interim retrievable storage. The waste is not eliminated from the environment; nor are any waste management problems solved. An inventory of all constituents utilized must be maintained, and all materials must eventually be returned to a responsible authority for final disposal. Ultimately, any decision concerning the large-scale utilization of wastes or waste constituents should be based on a detailed risk-cost-benefit analysis that considers the risk of radiation exposure to man. This is in contrast to the economic value of the particular beneficial use, as well as any additional costs to fuel reprocessing and waste management. Such a balanced study has not been made

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[en] The scope and objectives of the geologic isolation and actinide partitioning programs at Oak Ridge are summarized. The principal elements and schedules for each are given

[en] The industrial facilities that have been built or are under construction in France, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and West Germany to handle light-water reactor (LWR) spent fuel and canisters of vitrified high-level waste before ultimate disposal are described and illustrated with drawings and photographs. Published information on the operating performances of these facilities is also given. This information was assembled for consideration in planning and design of similar equipment and facilities needed for the Federal Waste Management System in the United States. 79 refs., 71 figs., 10 tabs

[en] This preliminary safety analysis report is based on a proposed Federal Repository at Lyons, Kansas, for receiving, handling, and depositing radioactive solid wastes in bedded salt during the remainder of this century. The safety analysis applies to a hypothetical site in central Kansas identical to the Lyons site, except that it is free of nearby salt solution-mining operations and bore holes that cannot be plugged to Repository specifications. This PSAR contains much information that also appears in the conceptual design report. Much of the geological-hydrological information was gathered in the Lyons area. This report is organized in 16 sections: considerations leading to the proposed Repository, design requirements and criteria, a description of the Lyons site and its environs, land improvements, support facilities, utilities, different impacts of Repository operations, safety analysis, design confirmation program, operational management, requirements for eventually decommissioning the facility, design criteria for protection from severe natural events, and the proposed program of experimental investigations