Screen LibraryStability and buffering capacity of the geosphere for long-term isolation of radioactive waste：applications to crystalline rock : workshop proceedings, Manchester, United Kingdom, 13-15 November 2007.
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Nuclear Energy Agency, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
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| Publisher Address: | Paris |
| Publication Dates: | c2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Radioactive waste management, |
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| Carrier Form: | 301 p.: ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. |
| Publication Frequency: | Also issued electronically via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: |
9789264060562 9264060561 |
| Index Number: | X591 |
| CLC: | X591-532 |
| Call Number: | X591-532/S775/2007 |
| Contents: |
"NEA No. 6362." Includes bibliographical references. General framework: crystalline rocks as host formations -- Examples of key processes affecting the geosphere for crystalline rock -- Arguments to support confidence in the stability of crystalline rocks as potential host formations -- Response and resilience of crystalline rock to natural perturbations and geosphere evolution (buffering). Geological settings selected as potential host formations for the deep geological disposal of radioactive waste are chosen for, among other assets, their long-term stability and buffering capacity against destabilizing events and processes. These proceedings present the outcomes of a geosphere stability workshop, held in November 2007, that focused on crystalline and other types of hard, fractured rocks. The workshop underscored the fact that many such rocks are intrinsically stable environments that evolve extremely slowly and provide good buffering against external events and processes. The proceedings show understanding of the processes and events that can affect crystalline rocks and, although there is less confidence in predicting exactly when and where such events will occur and the volume of rock that will be affected, the extent of the impacts on a geological repository can be confidently addressed using bounding approaches supported by geological information from similar sites around the world.--Publisher's description. |