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ABOVEGROUND MODULAR CONCRETE SILO [1 record]

Record 1 1996-03-19

English

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

Quadricells - These are aboveground structures consisting of four cells in double-walled concrete. They are used primarily to store resins and occasionally to store highly active core components. These can be viewed as aboveground modular concrete canisters.

OBS

See also "modular concrete canister disposal (facility), "storage canister" and "concrete canister".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Déchets nucléaires

Spanish

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