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MATERIAL RELLENO [1 record]

Record 1 2024-10-17

English

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

Material put in place to fill in voids between containers and thus to curtail the transport of radionuclides from a waste storage facility.

CONT

Sand could be used as the backfill material between layers of waste packages. It has several functions: to reduce radiation fields, to reduce the risk of fire, to stabilize the waste packages and to provide a permeable matrix through which any infiltrating water may flow out of the repository.

French

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

La stabilité à long terme de différents matériaux de remplissage, notamment des argiles gonflantes, susceptibles de jouer un rôle de barrière, est également à l'étude : effets de la température, de la salinité de l'eau et des ions en solutions, etc.

Spanish

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