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NWTRB to hold public meeting on SNF disposal and corrosion
The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, an independent federal agency that evaluates the Department of Energy’s efforts to manage and dispose of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, will hold a two-day public meeting May 21–22 to review information on the DOE’s research and development activities related to the disposal of SNF and HLW in crystalline host rocks and on the corrosion of commercial SNF after disposal.
Takaaki Matsumoto
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 18 | Number 2 | September 1990 | Pages 356-360
Technical Notes on Cold Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST90-A29308
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
To confirm the emission of the “iton” particles predicted by the Nattoh model, a cold fusion experiment based on electrolysis of heavy water has been performed. The tracks of several kinds of itons have been successfully recorded on nuclear films. The formation and decay mechanisms of itons are included in the Nattoh model.
