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Canada begins regulatory approval process for spent fuel repository
Canada has formally initiated the regulatory process of licensing its proposed deep geological repository for spent nuclear fuel, with the country’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) announcing that it has submitted an initial project description to the Canadian government.
According to the NWMO, the initial project description is a foundational document, detailing the repository’s purpose, need, and expected benefits and explaining how the project will be implemented. It also provides a preliminary assessment of potential impacts and describes measures to avoid or mitigate them. The NWMO is the not-for-profit organization responsible for managing Canada’s nuclear waste.
Jiawei Sheng, Shanggeng Luo, Baolong Tang
Nuclear Technology | Volume 123 | Number 3 | September 1998 | Pages 296-303
Technical Paper | Radioactive Waste Management and Disposal | doi.org/10.13182/NT98-A2900
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Temperature has strong effects on the leaching behavior of the 90-19/U simulated high-level waste glass form. The Arrhenius equation is used to determine the change in the glass corrosion mechanism throughout the different temperature ranges. The apparent activation energies have been obtained for different leaching conditions. In deionized water, the glass corrosion mechanism is similar whether the leaching condition is static or dynamic. The glass corrosion process is dominated by the ion exchange reactions at lower temperatures (60 to ~70°C); however, the glass corrosion process is dominated by the network hydrolysis reactions at higher temperatures (>70°C). The apparent activation energy in the lower temperature range is larger than that of the higher temperature range. In simulated underground water, the ion exchange reactions dominated the glass corrosion mechanism at temperatures from 50 to 150°C, and the large amount of ions in simulated underground water would participate in the ion exchange reactions with the glass.