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Materials issues in nuclear-waste management

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In this article, materials issues in the management of nuclear waste, including its generation, processing, storage, transport, and disposal, are examined for low-level and high-level waste, with an emphasis on the aspects of their immobilization and long-term isolation. Selecting materials for low-level and high-level waste form and containers is reviewed, and the long-term performance issues with these materials as barriers to nuclide migration or release are discussed.

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Editor’s Note: A hypertext-enhanced version of this article is available on the web at www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/0009/Yim-0009.html.

For more information, contact M.-S. Yim, North Carolina State University, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7909; (919) 515-1466; fax (919) 515-5115; e-mail yim@ncsu.edu.

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Yim, MS., Linga Murty, K. Materials issues in nuclear-waste management. JOM 52, 26–29 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-000-0183-0

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