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nreo:canonicalLabel "disposal" (en)
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skos:definition "1. Emplacement of 'waste' in an appropriate 'facility' without the intention <br/>
of retrieval.<br/>
In some States, the term 'disposal' is used to include 'discharges' of effluents to <br/>the environment.<br/>In some States, the term 'disposal' is used administratively in such a way as to <br/>include, for example, incineration of 'waste' or the transfer of 'waste' between <br/>'operators'.<br/>
<b>!</b> In <br/>
'IAEA publications', 'disposal' should be used only in accordance with the <br/>
more restrictive definition given above.<br/>
<b>!</b> In many cases, the only element of this definition that is important is the <br/>
distinction between 'disposal' (with no intent to retrieve) and 'storage' (with <br/>intent to retrieve). In such cases, a definition is not necessary; the distinction <br/>can be made in the form of a footnote at the first use of the term 'disposal' or <br/>
'storage' (e.g. “The use of the term 'disposal' indicates that there is no intention <br/>to retrieve the 'waste'. If retrieval of the 'waste' at any time in the future is <br/>intended, the term 'storage' is used.”).<br/>
<b>!</b> The <br/>
term <br/>
'disposal' implies that retrieval is not intended; it does not mean that <br/>
retrieval is not possible.<br/>For 'storage' in a combined 'storage' and 'disposal' 'facility', for which a decision <br/>may be made at the time of its 'closure' whether to remove the 'waste' stored <br/>during the 'operation' of the 'storage' 'facility' or to dispose of it by encasing it in <br/>concrete, the question of intention of retrieval may be left open until the time <br/>of 'closure' of the 'facility'.<br/>Contrasted with 'storage'.<br/>
<i><b>direct disposal.</b></i> 'Disposal' of 'spent fuel' as 'waste'.<br/>
<i><b>geological disposal.</b></i> 'Disposal' in a 'geological repository'.<br/>
See also <i>repository.<br/></i>The term ‘intermediate 'disposal'’ is sometimes used for the 'disposal' of <i>low and <br/>intermediate level waste</i>, e.g. in boreholes (i.e. between <i>near surface disposal<br/></i>and 'geological disposal').<br/>
<i><b>near surface disposal.</b></i> 'Disposal', with or without engineered 'barriers', in a <br/>'near surface repository'.<br/>
<i><b>sub-seabed disposal.</b></i> 'Disposal' in a 'geological repository' in the rock <br/>underlying the seabed.<br/>
2. [The emplacement of 'spent fuel' or 'radioactive waste' in an appropriate <br/>
'facility' without the intention of retrieval.] (From Ref. [5].)<br/>
3. The act or 'process' of getting rid of 'waste', without the intention of <br/>
retrieval.<br/>
The terms 'deep sea disposal' and 'seabed disposal' do not strictly satisfy <br/>definitions (1) or (2), but are consistent with the everyday meaning of <i>disposal<br/></i>and are used as such.<br/>
<i><b>deep sea disposal.</b></i> 'Disposal' of 'waste' packaged in 'containers' on the deep <br/>ocean floor.<br/>
<b>!</b> The commonly used, but informal, term ‘sea dumping’ should not be used in <br/>
'IAEA publications'.<br/>As practised until 1982 in accordance with the 'requirements' of the London <br/>Convention 1972 [13].<br/>
<i><b>seabed disposal.</b></i> Emplacement of 'waste' packaged in suitable <i>containers<br/></i>at some depth into the sedimentary layers of the deep ocean floor.<br/>
This may be achieved by direct emplacement, or by placing the 'waste' in <br/>specially designed ‘penetrators’ which, when dropped into the sea, embed <br/>themselves in the sediment.<br/>" (en)
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