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Retrieval of nuclear waste canisters from a borehole
Borehole disposal of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level waste (HLW) uses off-the-shelf directional drilling technology developed and commercialized by the oil and gas sectors. It is a technology that has been gaining traction in recent years in the nuclear industry. Disposal can be done in one or more boreholes (including an array) drilled into suitable sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic host rocks. Waste is encapsulated in specialized corrosion-resistant canisters, which are placed end to end in disposal sections of relatively small-diameter boreholes that have been cased and fluid-filled. After emplacement, the vertical access hole is plugged and backfilled as an engineered barrier.
J. Barnes, K. Duerre, J. Anderson, J. Bartlit, W. Parkinson, R. Sherman, T. Hayashi, Y. Naruse
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 3 | May 1992 | Pages 1968-1973
Material and Tritium | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A30009
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A computer-based Expert Adviser has been developed to catalog technical expertise and dispense this knowledge to operators of a complex system of distillation columns at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The Expert Adviser is also used to train personnel in operation of the LANL Tritium Systems Test Assembly (TSTA) Isotope Separations System (ISS). The methodology is applicable to a wide range of operations where documentation and transfer of knowledge is desirable.
