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INSTALACION DISPOSICION [3 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2004-08-31

English

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

Radioactive solid waste is monitored and segregated for consignment to various storage facilities (i.e., concrete bunkers, burial trenches) based on radiation fields and the type of radionuclides contained.

CONT

Irradiated fuel from nuclear reactor operations is accumulating in storage facilities at the reactor sites.

CONT

The Douglas Point Waste Storage Facility is a retired prototype nuclear power station placed in a storage with surveillance mode of operation. The facility has provisions for the storage of irradiated fuel bundles and the radioactive prescribed substance produced during the operation of the station.

OBS

The term "disposal" (q.v.) should be restricted to the sense of "permanent storage", but it is often used as a synonym for "storage".

OBS

See also "(waste) repository."

PHR

Radioactive waste storage facility.

PHR

Above-ground, augered hole, dry, mined cavern, near-surface, retrievable aboveground, retrievable surface, shallow-ground, shallow land, surface, tumulus waste storage facility.

PHR

Grade of storage facility.

French

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

On distingue, dans l'ordre de sévérité croissante de la législation : - les installations nucléaires classées pour la protection de l'environnement, qui doivent faire l'objet de déclaration [...]; - les installations nucléaires classées pour la protection de l'environnement, qui doivent faire l'objet d'autorisation [...]; - les installations nucléaires de base (INB) [...], sans oublier les installations de conditionnement et de stockage des déchets.

CONT

[...] implantation d'une installation de stockage de déchets radioactifs contenant des émetteurs à vie longue.

OBS

centre de stockage : Proposition sur le modèle de «centre de stockage en surface» (voir cette fiche).

PHR

Installation de stockage (de déchets) à faible profondeur, à sec, au voisinage de la surface, en subsurface, en surface, en trous de tarière.

PHR

Installation de stockage de déchets radioactifs.

PHR

Implantation d'une installation de stockage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de los desechos
  • Desechos nucleares
  • Compartimiento - Comisión Canadiense de Seguridad Nuclear
PHR

Instalación de almacenamiento de desechos radiactivos.

PHR

Instalación de almacenamiento a poca profundidad, en agujeros (taladrados), en cavernas (artificiales, excavadas), en orificios taladrados, en perforaciones, en seco, en superficie, en túmulos.

PHR

Categoría de instalación de almacenamiento.

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Record 2 1996-05-10

English

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

The term "disposal" usually refers to permanent storage.

OBS

See also "disposal cavern" and "mined cavern".

French

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

Le terme «évacuation» est réservé au stockage permanent.

OBS

Voir aussi «caverne artificielle» et «caverne d'évacuation».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Desechos nucleares
  • Gestión de los desechos
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Record 3 1996-03-31

English

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

A strategy and development program has been outlined by CRNL centered on waste processing for stability and volume reduction, categorization of the wastes as to their hazardous lifetime, and three grades of disposal facilities matched to the needs of durability, containment performance, and intrusion resistance.

OBS

One must distinguish between "disposal" and "storage", although they are often used interchangeably. The former normally refers to permanent storage.

French

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

Le terme «évacuation» désigne en principe le stockage permanent. Voir cette fiche dans TERMIUM.

Spanish

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