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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.
R. Aymar
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 30 | Number 3 | December 1996 | Pages 397-403
Fusion Technology | doi.org/10.13182/FST96-A11962974
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The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is a joint project of the European Union, Japan, the Russian Federation and the United States with the objective to design, construct and operate a tokamak burning plasma experiment. The present phase of the project, the six year Engineering Design Activity (EDA), is nearing completion of the fourth year. The major features of ITER are now well defined. The development of detailed engineering designs for the components, plans for the machine assembly, the support facilities, the site requirements construction plans, schedule and costs and a safety assessment are well along and will be completed by the end of the Engineering Design Activity in July, 1998, when construction can begin if the ITER partners approve the construction phase.