Nuclear and Solid Waste Disposal and Management
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "B: Energy and Environment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 June 2020) | Viewed by 5219
Special Issue Editor
Interests: environmental geology; limnogeology; sediment contamination in lakes and rivers; waste management (in particular nuclear and chemical waste)
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Guest Editor is inviting submissions to a Special Issue of Energies on the subject area of “Nuclear and Solid Waste Disposal and Management”.
Military nuclear waste has been produced since the end of the Second World War, whereas waste production from civil nuclear reactors started in the 1960s. First tentative solutions for the elimination of such waste included the injection of liquid waste in deep geological reservoirs and ocean dumping. During the 1960s, international research on sea bed disposal was conducted and abandoned after the adoption of the London Convention. During the following years, the concept of geological “final disposal” in the continental crust was widely accepted by the international community. However, 50 years later, we note that not one single safe and sustainable geological long-term disposal facility has been constructed and operated with success. In particular, incidents and accidents such as the water infiltration in the Asse repository in Germany, or the fire in the WIPP facility in New Mexico (USA), are indicators of inappropriate processes and technologies, weak institutions, and other failures. As a result of these experiences, aspects such as long-term waste disposal monitoring and the retrievability of nuclear (but also of toxic chemical) waste from deep geological repositories has become a social and political requirement in many countries.
The goal of this Special Issue of Energies is to develop and promote strategies and specific practices for the elimination of nuclear and toxic solid waste that consider difficulties encountered in the past. Also, new risks that may arise in the future may be evaluated. We would highly appreciate contributions on scientific, technical, ethical, social, institutional, and long-term financial aspects.
Prof. Dr. Walter Wildi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- tradition-based and innovative nuclear waste management strategies
- waste specification and specific elimination practices
- waste disposal monitoring and retrievability
- scientific, technical, ethical, social, institutional, and long-term financial aspects.
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