Calculation models for the transfer of radioactive substances from a deep repository for spent nuclear fuel to the biosphere
(2001) In Statens offentliga utredningar p.257-318- Abstract
- This chapter summarizes the state of knowledge about models which describe how radioactive substances from a geological repository can be transferred through ecosystems to flora, fauna and mankind. Radionuclide migration to the biosphere and to man primarily occurs via groundwater flows passing through the repository. For such migration to occur, the integrity of the repository barrier system must be breached, for example, due to manufacturing defects in the copper canisters containing the spent nuclear fuel or as a result of long-term corrosion in the canister or due to other canister defects. The groundwater is connected to various water systems such as wells, ... (More)
- This chapter summarizes the state of knowledge about models which describe how radioactive substances from a geological repository can be transferred through ecosystems to flora, fauna and mankind. Radionuclide migration to the biosphere and to man primarily occurs via groundwater flows passing through the repository. For such migration to occur, the integrity of the repository barrier system must be breached, for example, due to manufacturing defects in the copper canisters containing the spent nuclear fuel or as a result of long-term corrosion in the canister or due to other canister defects. The groundwater is connected to various water systems such as wells, marshes and wetlands, lakes, water courses as well as coastal and sea waters. The groundwater can also contaminate cultivated land via groundwater transport to the cultivation zone and via irrigation. The dilution volumes in the various water systems of the biosphere largely determine the consequences from leakage from a deep repository for spent nuclear fuel in the form of radiation doses to man and animals. Another exposure pathway from a deep repository to man is via bottom sediment in seas and lakes which, after future land rise, may dry up and later be cultivated to produce foodstuffs. (Less)
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- Rääf, Christopher LU and Mattsson, Sören LU
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- 2001-07-01
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- Kunskapsläget på kärnavfallsområdet 2001: rapport
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- Statens offentliga utredningar
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- 35
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- SOU 2001:35
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- 61 pages
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- Fritzes
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- 2001
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- 0375-250X
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- 9138214466
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- English
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