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CUBIERTA TIERRA [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 1996-03-22
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Waste Management
- Nuclear Waste Materials
- Soil Science
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- earth cover
1, record 1, English, earth%20cover
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- earthen cover 1, record 1, English, earthen%20cover
correct
- earthen top 2, record 1, English, earthen%20top
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Earthen cover systems may vary from relatively simple thick clay caps to more complex, multilayered caps employing alternating layers of such natural materials as clay, sand gravel, cobble, boulders, rip-rap, and topsoil as well as synthetic membranes. 1, record 1, English, - earth%20cover
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
The first concept [for low-level wastes disposal in a clay/till host medium] consists of trenches lined with circular concrete caissons. The trenches ... are filled with 6 m of wastes capped by a structural roof plus mounded earth cover. 1, record 1, English, - earth%20cover
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
See also "clay top cover", "engineered cap" and "multilayered cap" in TERMIUM. 3, record 1, English, - earth%20cover
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Gestion des déchets
- Déchets nucléaires
- Science du sol
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- couverture de terre
1, record 1, French, couverture%20de%20terre
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
La figure 18 donne le modèle du stockage [de surface]. Les colis [de déchets] forment des structures légèrement enterrées (monolithes) ou en surface (tumulus), recouvertes d'une couche étanche d'argile puis de terre végétale. 2, record 1, French, - couverture%20de%20terre
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Pour assurer la protection différée dans le cas des déchets de faibles et moyennes activités (FMA), on a choisi d'isoler les déchets de l'environnement dans un stockage de surface. L'isolement est réalisé par le conditionnement des déchets eux-mêmes et par les ouvrages du stockage et leur couverture. 3, record 1, French, - couverture%20de%20terre
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Gestión de los desechos
- Desechos nucleares
- Ciencia del suelo
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- cubierta de tierra
1, record 1, Spanish, cubierta%20de%20tierra
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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