Radioactive waste management as the most important problem of nuclear energy
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- St. Petersburg State Technological Institute (Technical University)
Abstract
Radioactive waste (RW) management is attracting more and more attention of specialists, as it poses a constant danger to human life and health for many years. According to expert estimates, the total amount of radioactive waste and spent fuel accumulated on the territory of the Russian Federation alone is more than 400mnm2 of liquid waste, more than 200mnm2 of solid waste and 8700 tons of spent fuel awaiting final disposal.
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(Archived) Radioactive waste and irradiated nuclear fuel management
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