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U.K.’s NWS gets input from young people on geological disposal
Nuclear Waste Services, the radioactive waste management subsidiary of the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, has reported on its inaugural year of the National Youth Forum on Geological Disposal forum. NWS set up the initiative, in partnership with the environmental consultancy firm ARUP and the not-for-profit organization The Young Foundation, to give young people the chance to share their views on the government’s plans to develop a geological disposal facility (GDF) for the safe, secure, and long-term disposal of radioactive waste.
W. H. Olson
Nuclear Technology | Volume 12 | Number 1 | September 1971 | Pages 7-11
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT71-A15891
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A prototype of an in-line vacuum-distillation sodium sampler has been successfully tested in the nonradioactive secondary sodium system at EBR-II. A 125-g sample of sodium is distilled in ∼3 h at an absolute pressure of 5µ and a temperature range of 675 to 700°F. Sample size is reproduced to better than 1%. The sampler is used to determine nonvolatile trace-metal and sodium-compound concentrations in the ppb-ppm range. Results of tests with the prototype are being used to design a model for installation in the radioactive EBR -II primary sodium system.
