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Record 1 1996-03-25

English

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

Wastes from this category [Class II: with typical average concentrations of radioactivity ranging from greater than 10 GBq/m3 to less than or equal to 4000 GBq/m3] are currently stored in engineered asphalt trenches and concrete bunkers at the Chalk River Nuclear Laboratory and in concrete trenches at the Bruce Nuclear Power Development.

French

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

Le stockage [des déchets nucléaires] peut être réalisé en tranchées, mode acceptable pour des terrains argileux, si la nappe phréatique est suffisamment basse.

OBS

«tranchée» : Excavation longitudinale pratiquée à ciel ouvert dans le sol.

Spanish

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