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REINFORCED CONCRETE TRENCH [1 record]

Record 1 1996-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
  • Applications of Concrete
CONT

Reinforced Concrete Trenches - These are used to store the somewhat higher level miscellaneous reactor wastes which have been treated and placed in steel containers. The trenches are 3 m wide, 3 m deep and more than 40 m long with concrete walls and removable reinforced concrete lids.

CONT

Reinforced concrete trenches with waterproof tiling all around are used for most ILW containing short-lived radionuclides and limited amounts of alpha emitters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Déchets nucléaires
  • Utilisation du béton
OBS

Voir aussi «tranchée de stockage» et «tranchée à parois de béton» dans TERMIUM.

Spanish

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