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Ontario Power Generation wants to permanently store low- and intermediate-level waste from nuclear plants in a rock chamber 2,230 feet underground.

More Than 100 Mayors Oppose Nuclear Waste Storage Plan

The repository will be a near-surface trench-type facility featuring multi-barrier protection for the storage of low- and intermediate-level waste (LLW/ILW) in reinforced concrete packages.

Bulgaria Started Construction of a National Repository for Low- and Intermediate-Level Radioactive Waste

Low and intermediate-level waste and materials are held in Wales at Wylfa, Trawsfynydd and Cardiff.

MP Owen: Cumbria is the ideal place to send nuclear waste; 'They have the skill base'

Low and intermediate-level waste and materials are held in Wales at Wylfa - where there are plans to build a new nuclear power station - and Trawsfynydd and Cardiff.

Community 'bribe' offer for nuclear waste stores

"Our intermediate-level waste doesn't generate heat, but we have a high volume of it--about 500,000[m.sup.3].

Going underground: the mechanics of storing nuclear waste deep under the surface have been well thought out but finding a community willing to accommodate such a facility is proving more tricky

In the EU, more than 85% of the generated volume of radioactive waste is constituted by short-lived low and intermediate-level waste (LILW) and about 5% by long-lived LILW.

ENERGY : MEPS TO VOTE ON REPORT ON SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL

Fortum also started the expansion of the low- and intermediate-level waste repository 110 m deep in the bedrock in late summer 2010.

-Finnish Fortum's Loviisa nuclear plant reports output drop to 7.7 TWh in 2010

The firm also plan to seek a cheaper alternative to a proposed pounds 10 0mi l l ion treatment plant and store for mos t of t he comple x 's intermediate-level waste.

102 axed at Dounreay

Specific topics examined include oxide film aging on alloy 22 in halide containing solutions, enhancement of zirconolite dissolution due to water radiolysis, geopolymers as candidates for immobilization of low- and intermediate-level waste, dissolution testing of a metallic waste form in chlorine brine, and characterization and durability testing of fluidized-bed stream-reformed mineral waste.

Scientific basis for nuclear waste management; proceedings

In the UK radioactive waste is classified into four categories--high-level waste, intermediate-level waste, low-level waste, and very low-level waste:

Radioactive waste policy--involving the public: as the government embarks on the second stage of its radioactive waste management programme, Andrew Blowers argues that the public must be involved in decision-making if credible, acceptable, and legitimate solutions are to be achieved. (feature)