Enum: WasteDisposalMethodEnum

Methods for radioactive waste disposal

Permissible Values

Value	Meaning	Description
CLEARANCE	None	Release from regulatory control as ordinary waste
DECAY_STORAGE	None	Storage for radioactive decay to exempt levels
NEAR_SURFACE_DISPOSAL	None	Disposal in engineered near-surface facilities
GEOLOGICAL_DISPOSAL	None	Deep underground disposal in stable geological formations
BOREHOLE_DISPOSAL	None	Disposal in deep boreholes
TRANSMUTATION	None	Nuclear transformation to shorter-lived or stable isotopes

Slots

Name	Description
waste_disposal_method	Disposal method for radioactive waste

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets

LinkML Source

name: WasteDisposalMethodEnum
description: Methods for radioactive waste disposal
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  CLEARANCE:
    text: CLEARANCE
    description: Release from regulatory control as ordinary waste
    annotations:
      regulatory_oversight:
        tag: regulatory_oversight
        value: none after clearance
      waste_category:
        tag: waste_category
        value: exempt waste
      disposal_location:
        tag: disposal_location
        value: conventional facilities
    title: Clearance for Unrestricted Use
  DECAY_STORAGE:
    text: DECAY_STORAGE
    description: Storage for radioactive decay to exempt levels
    annotations:
      storage_duration:
        tag: storage_duration
        value: typically <10 years
      waste_category:
        tag: waste_category
        value: very short-lived waste
      final_disposal:
        tag: final_disposal
        value: as ordinary waste after decay
    title: Decay Storage
  NEAR_SURFACE_DISPOSAL:
    text: NEAR_SURFACE_DISPOSAL
    description: Disposal in engineered near-surface facilities
    annotations:
      depth:
        tag: depth
        value: typically <30 meters
      waste_categories:
        tag: waste_categories
        value: VLLW, LLW, some ILW
      institutional_control:
        tag: institutional_control
        value: 100-300 years
      barriers:
        tag: barriers
        value: engineered barriers
    title: Near-Surface Disposal
  GEOLOGICAL_DISPOSAL:
    text: GEOLOGICAL_DISPOSAL
    description: Deep underground disposal in stable geological formations
    annotations:
      depth:
        tag: depth
        value: typically >300 meters
      waste_categories:
        tag: waste_categories
        value: HLW, long-lived ILW, spent fuel
      containment_period:
        tag: containment_period
        value: thousands to millions of years
      barriers:
        tag: barriers
        value: multiple barriers including geology
    title: Geological Disposal
  BOREHOLE_DISPOSAL:
    text: BOREHOLE_DISPOSAL
    description: Disposal in deep boreholes
    annotations:
      depth:
        tag: depth
        value: 1-5 kilometers
      waste_categories:
        tag: waste_categories
        value: disused sealed sources, some HLW
      isolation:
        tag: isolation
        value: extreme depth isolation
    title: Borehole Disposal
  TRANSMUTATION:
    text: TRANSMUTATION
    description: Nuclear transformation to shorter-lived or stable isotopes
    annotations:
      method:
        tag: method
        value: accelerator-driven systems or fast reactors
      waste_categories:
        tag: waste_categories
        value: long-lived actinides
      status:
        tag: status
        value: research and development
    title: Transmutation