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Some aspects of sandwiched soil cover design for toxic waste repositories

✍ Scribed by Louis Sailie

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1985
Tongue: English
Weight: 258 KB
Volume: 21
Category: Article
ISSN: 0013-7952
DOI: 10.1016/0013-7952(85)90022-5

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✦ Synopsis

Sailie, L., 1985

. Some aspects of sandwiched soil cover design for toxic waste repositories.

Eng. Geol., 21: 321--326.

The environmental concern favours "dry" waste management systems compared to the more common practice of shallow land burial. With the former, sandwiched soil covers are usually employed. A double barrier concept is presented and discussed for the sandwiched construction. The critical matrix potentials of the two barrier materials appear to have significant influence on the performance of the dual barrier system. Despite some practical problems, the concept appears promising.