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Radioactive Waste Disposal

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-023015

Permanent isolation of spent nuclear fuel or radioactive waste from the accessible environment with no intent of recovery, whether or not such isolation permits the recovery of such fuel or waste. For example, disposal of waste in a mined geologic repository occurs when all of the shafts to the repository are backfilled and sealed.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-023015
FieldEnvironment
References40 CFR 191.02 (CFR 2018)
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-023015",
  "term": "Radioactive Waste Disposal",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Permanent isolation of spent nuclear fuel or radioactive waste from the accessible environment with no intent of recovery, whether or not such isolation permits the recovery of such fuel or waste. For example, disposal of waste in a mined geologic repository occurs when all of the shafts to the repository are backfilled and sealed.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 191.02 (CFR 2018)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/radioactive-waste-disposal/"
}

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