Safety of Nuclear Waste Disposal
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Articles | Volume 2
Articles | Volume 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/sand-2-233-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/sand-2-233-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 2
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06 Sep 2023
Conference Abstract |  | 06 Sep 2023

Independent of technology and generating curiosity – paper as an age-resistant data store medium

Heinz Joachim Schaffrath

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DIN 6738: Papier und Karton – Lebensdauerklassen, 2007. 
ISO 9706: Information and documentation – Paper for documents – Requirements for permanence, 1994. 
ISO 11798: Information and documentation – Permanence and durability of writing, printing and copying on paper – Requirements and test methods, 2023. 
Pescatore, C. and Palm, J.: Preserving Memory and Information on Heritage and on Unwanted Legacies New Tools for Identifying Sustainable Strategies to Prepare and Support Decision Making by Future Generations, SCEaR Newsletter 2020/1, 2–15, https://literaryarchives.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/scearnewsletter2020-1june30.pdf, last access: 22 June 2023. 
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Humankind is known to be curious and inquisitive. Even if the code were lost, future individuals would be eager to find out what kind of message a printed paper offers. Paper as an analogue data store medium provides an interesting redundancy to deliver important information to future generations. The presentation deals with topics of age resistance of paper and inks as well as recommendations of how to empower printed or written paper to be a long-term data store.
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