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Science 5 October 1984:
Vol. 226. no. 4670, pp. 11 - 14
DOI: 10.1126/science.226.4670.11
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Disposal of Radioactive Wastes

J. M. Harrison 1

1 Chairman of the Science Advisory Board of the Northwest Territories, Canada, and president of the Canadian National Commission for Unesco.

Scientists appointed by the International Council of Scientific Unions have concluded that nuclear wastes may be safely disposed of using current technology. Interim storage for 50 to 100 years greatly reduces the problem of thermal loading at the final disposal sites, but more research devoted to such interim storage is needed.

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