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Record 1 - external organization data 2001-06-29

English

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

The Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendment of 1987 designated Yucca Mountain as the sole site to be studied as a potential underground repository for high-level radioactive waste.

French

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

[...] le plan vise d'abord à stabiliser physiquement et chimiquement les déchets dans un colis résistant, puis à les placer dans un dépôt souterrain creusé très profondément à l'intérieur d'une masse rocheuse située dans une zone géologique stable.

Spanish

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