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STOCKAGE TUMULUS [1 record]

Record 1 2006-03-18

English

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

In preparation for tumulus disposal at the Centre de la Manche, France.

OBS

... variations ... could be employed for low-level radioactive waste management, such as: above-ground vaults that are covered with a mounded earthen top, (i.e., a tumulus); modular concrete canisters used as above-ground vaults (that could also be mounded).

OBS

The term "disposal" normally refers to permanent storage.

French

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

Installation d'évacuation de déchets en tumulus.

OBS

Ces déchets [les déchets technologiques] sont actuellement précompactés en centrale dans des fûts métalliques de 200 l puis expédiés au site de stockage. Sur ce site, ils sont compactés puis bétonnés dans des conteneurs en béton qui sont stockés en tumulus.

OBS

Le terme «évacuation» (en anglais : «disposal») désigne normalement le stockage permanent. Voir «évacuation», «stockage (permanent, temporaire)» dans TERMIUM. Voir aussi «tumulus».

Spanish

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