Symposium
Symposium

Author: Pierre van Iseghem

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 1122

ISBN-13: 9781558998896

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Application of Accelerated Corrosion Tests to Service Life Prediction of Materials
Application of Accelerated Corrosion Tests to Service Life Prediction of Materials

Author: Gustavo Cragnolino

Publisher: ASTM International

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 0803118538

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A comparison of how different industries are addressing the development and selection of materials to use for such purposes as nuclear and other hazardous waste disposal and transport, structures designed to last a long time, and systems subject to economic pressures that keep them from frequent mai

Microbial Issues Pertaining to the Canadian Concept for the Disposal of Nuclear Fuel Waste
Microbial Issues Pertaining to the Canadian Concept for the Disposal of Nuclear Fuel Waste

Author: Simcha Stroes-Gascoyne

Publisher: Pinawa, Man. : Whiteshell Laboratories

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13:

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AECL Research is developing a concept for the permanent disposal of nuclear fuel waste in plutonic rock of the Canadian Shield. The Federal Environmental Assessment Review Panel has issued a set of guidelines to be used in preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) that require the addressing of a number of microbiological factors and their potential to affect the integrity of the multiple barrier system on which the disposal concept is based. This report formulates views and positions on microbiological factors that could influence the performance of a disposal vault in plutonic rock. These include the presence and survival of microbes, biofilms, corrosion, biodegradation of emplaced materials, gas production, geochemical changes, radionuclide migration, colloid formation, mutation, pathogens, and methylation. Studies being performed to underscore and strengthen current knowledge are briefly discussed.