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FORME DECHET [1 record]

Record 1 2012-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
CONT

Waste Form. Many solid wastes are stored or disposed of in the form in which they exist without further treatment ... Other wastes, such as trash, can be treated by methods such as compaction or incineration to reduce the volume and enhance the stability of the waste ...

CONT

The performance of a LLW [low-level waste] facility can be increased with the use of engineered barriers to limit the amount of water which contacts the waste, to retain or retard radioactivity and provide intrusion resistance as well as structural stability to the facility. Types of engineered barriers include waste form, waste packaging, backfill and engineered confinement barriers.

CONT

Radioactive waste forms can be conveniently divided into three categories: (1) glasses ...; (2) crystalline ceramics, single or polyphase; and (3) multibarrier waste forms in which phases which contain radionuclides are further encapsulated in non-radioactive phases ...

PHR

Structurally stable waste form.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Déchets nucléaires
CONT

Le système naturel constitué par la formation géologique peut être complété par toute une gamme de barrières artificielles, telles que la forme des déchets, leur emballage, les matériaux tampons placés autour et le remblai.

CONT

Les critères d'acceptation des déchets, basés sur des analyses de sûreté effectuées pour le site et l'installation de stockage, formalisés dans une réglementation générale et des prescriptions techniques imposées par les autorités de sûreté, conduisent à l'élaboration d'un ensemble détaillé de spécifications pour une forme de déchet donné.

PHR

Forme de déchet structurellement stable.

Key term(s)
  • forme de déchets

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de los desechos
  • Desechos nucleares
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