| | Options for Radioactive Waste Management that have been |
| | 3,53 | | MB | Considered by Nirex |
| | 39 | | stron |
| | 4257 | | ID | Nuclear Decommissioning Authority |
| | 2002 | | rok |
| | LIST OF CONTENTS |
| | 1 INTRODUCTION 1 |
| | 2 RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRIOR TO NIREX’S FORMATION 2 |
| | 3 DISPOSAL TO SEA 3 |
| | 4 NEAR-SURFACE DISPOSAL 6 |
| | 5 DEEP GEOLOGICAL DISPOSAL 8 |
| | 5.1 Conceptual designs for deep repositories considered in Nirex Report 71 9 |
| | 5.2 Direct Access Offshore Shaft System 11 |
| | 5.3 Drained burial above the water table 13 |
| | 5.4 Dounreay and Sellafield investigations 14 |
| | 5.5 The consequences of the RCF decision 15 |
| | 5.6 Co-disposal 16 |
| | 5.7 Deep borehole, high-temperature disposal of high-level waste 17 |
| | 6 LONG-TERM SURFACE STORAGE 18 |
| | 6.1 Use of conventional stores for long-term storage 19 |
| | 6.2 Monolith stores 20 |
| | 7 PARTITIONING AND TRANSMUTATION 21 |
| | 8 CONCLUDING REMARKS 22 |
| | 9 REFERENCES 23 |