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Record 1 - external organization data 2010-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
  • Waste Management
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

"waste management facility" ... a facility for at least one of the following purposes, namely ... the storage of radioactive prescribed substances in above-ground engineered structures ..., in below-ground engineered structures ..., in above-ground piles ..., by direct in-ground burial for a period longer than two years....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Déchets nucléaires
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

«installation de gestion de déchets» [...] installation destinée à au moins un des buts suivants : [...] le stockage de substances réglementées radioactives dans des structures artificielles en surface durant plus de deux ans, [...] dans des structures artificielles souterraines durant plus de deux ans, [...] en des amoncellements en surface durant plus de deux ans [...]

Spanish

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