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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.
Deanne Dickinson, C. L. Schuske
Nuclear Technology | Volume 10 | Number 2 | February 1971 | Pages 179-187
Technical Paper and Note | Chemical Processing | doi.org/10.13182/NT71-A30925
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An empirical model is presented for calculating safe nuclear criticality parameters for systems of intersecting pipes containing enriched uranyl nitrate solution. The model, which applies to systems consisting of a main pipe (the central column) from which smaller pipes (arms) branch off, uses as a criticality parameter the area of intersection of the arms with the column. Maximum safe values for both the central column diameter and the area of intersection of the arms with the column are provided for conditions of minimal, nominal, or full reflection. The current model, an extension of an earlier one, is based on Monte Carlo calculations as well as on experimental data. A review of the experimental and calculational data is included.