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Geological Characteristics of “Mayak” Enterprise Area Regarding Underground Nuclear Waste Disposal and Rehabilitation of Territory (Southern Urals, Russia)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

V. I. Velichkin ,
N. N. Tarasov ,
V. V. Poluektov  and
A. A. Asadulin
V. I. Velichkin
Affiliation:
Department of Rare Metals Geology and Radiogeoecology, IGEM, Russian Academy of Sciences, Staromonetny per.35, 109017, Moscow, Russia.
N. N. Tarasov
Affiliation:
Department of Rare Metals Geology and Radiogeoecology, IGEM, Russian Academy of Sciences, Staromonetny per.35, 109017, Moscow, Russia.
V. V. Poluektov
Affiliation:
Department of Rare Metals Geology and Radiogeoecology, IGEM, Russian Academy of Sciences, Staromonetny per.35, 109017, Moscow, Russia.
A. A. Asadulin
Affiliation:
Department of Rare Metals Geology and Radiogeoecology, IGEM, Russian Academy of Sciences, Staromonetny per.35, 109017, Moscow, Russia.
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Abstract

The geological investigations necessary for the HLW underground disposal site selection were udertaken on the contaminated territory mostly covered by vegetation and water-bodies. For lack of availiable outcrops, special attention was given to detailed petrological and geochemical studies for more reliable extrapolations. As a result, models of structure, geochemical background, and rock basement origin scenario provided general criteria for selection of geological blocks suitable for HLW deep burial.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 353: Symposium – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XVIII , 1994 , 1379
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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