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U.K.’s NWS gets input from young people on geological disposal
Nuclear Waste Services, the radioactive waste management subsidiary of the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, has reported on its inaugural year of the National Youth Forum on Geological Disposal forum. NWS set up the initiative, in partnership with the environmental consultancy firm ARUP and the not-for-profit organization The Young Foundation, to give young people the chance to share their views on the government’s plans to develop a geological disposal facility (GDF) for the safe, secure, and long-term disposal of radioactive waste.
Thomas E. Shannon
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 30 | Number 3 | December 1996 | Pages 1141-1144
Neutron Sources for Fusion Technology Testing | doi.org/10.13182/FST96-A11963102
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The goal of the International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility (IFMIF) is to provide an irradiation facility for use by fusion material scientists in the search for low activation and damage resistant materials. An accelerator-based neutron source has been established through a number of international studies and workshops [1] as an essential step for materials development and testing. IFMIF would also provide calibration and validation of data from fission reactor and other accelerator based simulation irradiations. It would generate material-specific activation and other radiological properties and analysis of data for safety, maintenance, recycling, decommissioning and waste disposal.