ABSTRACT
Over the period since the nuclear industry started, its engineers have developed techniques offering high standards of safety for the handling and containment of hazardous radioactive material. Current standards are strictly regulated and considered to be extremely high. Containment is required at all stages of the nuclear cycle from fuel use in reactors through to storage of waste products and eventually to final disposal. Within each of these phases, there are technical problems of interest to the structural engineer. Solutions and standards evolved for coping with these problems are potentially of use in other industries which treat hazardous and toxic waste.
