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German Nuclear High-Level Waste Program - Key Research Areas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Helmut Geipel
Helmut Geipel*
Affiliation:
BMFT (Federal Ministry for Research and Technology), Heinemannstraße 2, D-5300 Bonn 2, Federal Republic of Germany
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Abstract

Based on more than 10 years of research and development, vitrification and high level waste disposal have reached the status of demonstration projects in the Federal Republic of Germany: hot operation of the PAMELA vitrification plant is scheduled for october 1985, and a disposal test with 30 canisters of high active glass is being prepared in the ASSE salt mine. Safety studies for a model repository led to a good understanding of the relevant phenomena; they will continue using sitespezific parameters. Modelling and computer codes will be further developed in international cooperation. In addition to reprocessing, the technology for direct disposal of spent fuel will be developed and demonstrated in the next years.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 50: Symposium STOCKHOLM – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management IX , 1985 , 45
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1985

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