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Reactors<br />

6.64<br />

<strong>Waste</strong> Sources IF L W R J Fuel Cycles<br />

* Production, propulsion,<br />

SDomestic civilian -- and research * U & Pu recycle cases<br />

SDomestic defense * LMFBR * Once-through cycle (LWR)<br />

* Foreign * HTGR<br />

* CANDU<br />

<strong>Waste</strong> Forms<br />

* Magnox<br />

* Pebble bed<br />

Transportation<br />

Over-land Transport<br />

SSpent fuel assemblies or rods I<br />

Borosilicate glass * Truck<br />

* Metal Matrix ----- * Ship/Barge<br />

* Super calcine Aircraft<br />

* Coated particles<br />

* Refractory compounds Sea Transport<br />

* Calcine<br />

* Others<br />

Disposal Location<br />

Emplacement Method<br />

Ocean Ocean Basin Areas Major Oceanic Regimes Winch controlled penetrometer<br />

I- Pacific Abyssal hills (midplate)I Ocean basin floors -- (with free fall)<br />

* Atlantic * Abysssal plains Cotinental argi * Free fall penetrometer<br />

- -reamouRta Mdijeeenie rdg * Trenching concept<br />

T-eFeae -- __/ * Drilled hole<br />

Note: Option Classifications<br />

* Current Reference<br />

* Primary Alternative<br />

* Secondary Alternative<br />

FI- rpp <strong>of</strong> Foal N lear ate<br />

FIGURE 6.1.12. Major Options for the Subseabed Disposal <strong>of</strong> Nuclear <strong>Waste</strong>

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