Safe, Permanent Disposal of Nuclear Fuel Waste

Abstract

This paper describes the Canadian concept for safe, permanent disposal of nuclear fuel waste deep in plutonic rock of the Canadlan Shield. The ability of the disposal concept to isolate the wastes is then discussed in the light of laboratory and field research results. The methodology developed to characterize the hydrogeology of a plutonic rock mass is outlined and results obtained from its application to a field slte are described. Also highlighted are the Canadian field research areas and the Underground Research Laboratory.