Enum: WasteDisposalMethodEnum

Methods for radioactive waste disposal

Permissible Values

Value	Title	Description	Barriers	Containment Period	Depth	Disposal Location	Final Disposal	Institutional Control	Isolation	Method	Regulatory Oversight	Status	Storage Duration	Waste Categories	Waste Category
CLEARANCE	Clearance for Unrestricted Use	Release from regulatory control as ordinary waste				conventional facilities					none after clearance				exempt waste
DECAY_STORAGE	Decay Storage	Storage for radioactive decay to exempt levels					as ordinary waste after decay						typically <10 years		very short-lived waste
NEAR_SURFACE_DISPOSAL	Near-Surface Disposal	Disposal in engineered near-surface facilities	engineered barriers		typically <30 meters			100-300 years						VLLW, LLW, some ILW
GEOLOGICAL_DISPOSAL	Geological Disposal	Deep underground disposal in stable geological formations	multiple barriers including geology	thousands to millions of years	typically >300 meters									HLW, long-lived ILW, spent fuel
BOREHOLE_DISPOSAL	Borehole Disposal	Disposal in deep boreholes			1-5 kilometers				extreme depth isolation					disused sealed sources, some HLW
TRANSMUTATION	Transmutation	Nuclear transformation to shorter-lived or stable isotopes								accelerator-driven systems or fast reactors		research and development		long-lived actinides

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
instantiates:
- valuesets_meta:ValueSetEnumDefinition
description: Methods for radioactive waste disposal
title: Waste Disposal Method
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
contributors:
- orcid:0000-0002-6601-2165
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
status: DRAFT
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