Since the Yucca Mountain project in the US was defunded in 2010, the notion of disposing
of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) in deep boreholes has been reinvigorated, most recently by …

In recent years, geological disposal of radioactive waste has focused on placement of high-
and intermediate-level wastes in mined underground caverns at depths of 500–800 m …

The safety case for deep borehole disposal of nuclear wastes contains a safety strategy, an
assessment basis, and a safety assessment. The safety strategy includes strategies for …

Spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste can be disposed in deep horizontal
drillholes in sedimentary, metamorphic or igneous rocks. Horizontal drillhole disposal has …

The deep borehole disposal (DBD) concept for certain types of radioactive wastes has been
discussed for many decades, but has enjoyed limited R&D interest compared to …

We developed a model and carried out transient 3-D computer simulation of radionuclides
migration from an underground repository for vitrified high-level radioactive waste (HLW) …

Highly radioactive materials classified as high-level nuclear waste (HLW) of atomic power
engineering should be disposed of deeply underground in special geological disposal …

The depth and layout of a horizontal borehole repository has the potential to offer strong
isolation of nuclear waste from the surface. However, the isolation may be compromised by …

Isolation of spent nuclear fuel assemblies in deep vertical boreholes is analyzed. The main
safety features of the borehole concept are related to the repository's great depth, implying …

A hazardous material storage bank includes a wellbore extending into the Earth and
including an entry at least proximate a terranean surface, the wellbore including a …