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The tunnels of the Bure laboratory are still being carved out of the 150 million-year-old rock.
Miscellaneous

France starts on nuclear waste storage project

August 16, 2010 rockman Miscellaneous Comments Off on France starts on nuclear waste storage project

Apparently the French are working on their nuclear waste storage facility, they already have a research laboratory constructed about 1/2-km underground. The actual repository will come on line around 2025 and be one of the […]

Borehole Disposal of Sealed Radioactive Sources or BOSS schematic diagram
Geologic Hazards

Radioactive Waste Storage in Boreholes

January 22, 2009 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on Radioactive Waste Storage in Boreholes

On the Radwaste blog by Geoff, I read about Borehole Disposal of Sealed Radioactive Sources or BOSS. This technology, which is explained by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) consists of disposal of smaller quantities of radioactive waste in specially engineered boreholes 30 to 100-m (approx. 100 to 330-ft) deep in suitable geologic media. Read on for more info. (Diagram by IAEA)

Borehole Disposal of Sealed Radioactive Sources or BOSS schematic diagram

 

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Loading contaminated soil into a truck near the Hanford Nuclear site. A former plutonium production reactor is in the background.
Geophysics

Hanford nuclear waste retrieval resumes with better technology (GPR)

July 1, 2010 rockman Geophysics Comments Off on Hanford nuclear waste retrieval resumes with better technology (GPR)

Ground penetrating radar (GPR) imaging of the subsurface tied to GPS mapping will allow the CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Company to have a better idea of what is buried at the site before excavating for […]