Essays about: "nuclear waste repository"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words nuclear waste repository.

  1. 1. Nuclear Heritage and Memory : A Case-Study of the Potential Repository in Östhammar

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Author : Disa Kalin; [2023]
    Keywords : Radioactive waste repositories; Knowledge management; Memory Philosophy ; Cultural heritage; Slutförvaring av radioaktivt avfall; kunskapshantering; minnen; kulturarv;

    Abstract : Den här uppsatsen hanterar ämnet om ett nukleärt arv och minne genom en fallstudie bunden till fyra identifierade aktörer. Alla fyra arbetar med etablerandet av ett slutförvar för högaktivt och långlivat radioaktivt avfall vilket förväntas vara fortsatt farligt under 100,000-tals år. READ MORE

  3. 2. Preventing environmental injustice: literature review of the transboundary effects of the radioactive waste repository construction, Čerkezovac

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Mara Nika Ladika; [2023]
    Keywords : environmental justice; distributive justice; procedural justice; nuclear repository; nuclear waste; environmental impact; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Identifying potential indications of inequal distribution of environmental burdens and/or benefits in the case of radioactive waste repository construction at the border between Republic of Croatian and Bosnia and Hercegovina were the aim of this thesis. To answer it the question Can environmental injustice be detected and prevented before the environmental pollution and negative impacts it bring,s to the communities in the vicinity, begin? had to be answered. READ MORE

  4. 3. Geological characterisation of geophysical lineaments as part of the expanded site descriptive model around the planned repository site for high-level nuclear waste, Forsmark, Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Aron Bakker; [2021]
    Keywords : Forsmark; deformation zones; Svecokarelian; Sveconorwegian; ductile-brittle transition; brittle deformation; mylonite; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co. (SKB) started a project in 2020 near Forsmark, Sweden with the aim to expand the deformation zone model to encompass the entire catchment area around the planned repository for spent nuclear fuel. READ MORE

  5. 4. What happens to the NIMBY syndrome when we bring money to the table? A qualitative perspective on attitudes towards local nuclear waste repository

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Love Stjernqvist; [2018-02-05]
    Keywords : line of reasoning; long interviews; monetary compensation; NIMBY; nuclear waste repository;

    Abstract : Nuclear waste repository constitutes a great predicament in many countries. In Sweden, the Not- In-My-Backyard (NIMBY) syndrome has been rampant, as local opposition has blocked the attempts at storing nuclear waste at numerous occasions. If the dilemma is to be settled, the voice of the public must be heard. READ MORE

  6. 5. On the mechanism of H2O2 decomposition on UO2-surfaces

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH)

    Author : Darius Pakarinen; [2018]
    Keywords : hydrogen peroxide decomposition; uranium dissolution; coumarin scavenging;

    Abstract : Deep geological repository has been investigated as a solution for long term storage of spent nuclear fuel in Sweden for more than 40 years now. The Swedish nuclear fuel and waste management company (SKB) are commissioning the deep repository and they must ensure that nuclear waste is isolated from the environment for thousands of years. READ MORE