Abstract
Papers reviewed herein present a general overview of radioactive waste activities around the world in 2014. These include safety assessments, decommission and decontamination of nuclear facilities, fusion facilities, transportation and management solutions for the final disposal of low and high level radioactive wastes (LLW and HLW), interim storage and final disposal options for spent fuel (SF), and tritiated wastes, with a focus on environmental impacts due to the mobility of radionuclides in water, soil and ecosystem alongwith other progress made in the management of radioactive wastes.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1471-1492 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Water Environment Research |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- Disposal
- Radioactive waste
- Repository
- Transport
- Waste form
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Chemistry
- Ecological Modelling
- Water Science and Technology
- Waste Management and Disposal
- Pollution