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SHORT LIVED INTERMEDIATE LEVEL WASTE [1 record]

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Record 1 2009-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
CONT

Generally, short-lived intermediate-level wastes (mainly from decommissioning reactors ... are buried, while long-lived intermediate-level wastes (from fuel reprocessing) will be disposed of deep underground. Low-level wastes are disposed of in shallow burial sites.

Key term(s)
  • short lived intermediate level waste

French

Domaine(s)
  • Déchets nucléaires
CONT

Déchets de faible ou moyenne activité, à vie courte. Plusieurs pays dont l'Espagne, la Grande-Bretagne, les États-Unis et le Japon procèdent comme la France au stockage en surface de déchets FAvc et MAvc.

Spanish

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