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Disposal of high-level waste for nuclear power plants in Denmark (brief summary)

Author	Elkraft, Elsam
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Date	November 1982
Classification	2.10.0.00/24 (DENMARK)
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Summary

Waste from nuclear power plants that might in the future be built in Denmark 
would contain radioactive material. Consequently, it would have to be Isolated 
from the surroundings.

For many years to start with, this is done by incorporating the waste into glass and 
storing it under continual monitoring, first at a reprocessing plant and later at an 
intermediate storage facility.

The radioactivity of the waste and, consequently, the heat that it generates, 
decreases with time and after some 40 years it is encased in heavy steel casks 
that may be safely disposed of in a suitable repository.

The Danish utilities have opted for a repository concept based on direct disposal in 
2.500 m deep holes drilled into a suitable salt dome. To demonstrate the existence 
of a suitable salt dome in Denmark, the Mors salt dome was very thoroughly 
investigated and it proved suitable for housing such a deep-hole repository where 
high-level waste could be safely disposed of.

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