Site selection and investigation for subsurface disposal of radioactive wastes in hydraulically induced fractures

Open-File Report 80-450
Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy for the International Atomic Energy Agency
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Abstract

Radioactive waste is the inevitable byproduct of the generation of electricity by nuclear reactors as well as other nuclear applications. An effective solution to the problem of disposal of the long-lived and highly toxic radioactive waste is essential to the expanded use of nuclear energy. 

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Site selection and investigation for subsurface disposal of radioactive wastes in hydraulically induced fractures
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 80-450
DOI 10.3133/ofr80450
Year Published 1980
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description xx, 241 p.
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