Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Radioactive waste disposal
Languages : en
Pages : 59
Book Description
Answers to Your Questions about High-level Nuclear Waste Isolation
Author: Battelle Memorial Institute. Office of Nuclear Waste IsolationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Answers to Your Questions on High-level Nuclear Waste
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Radioactive waste disposal
Languages : en
Pages : 59
Book Description
Answers to Your Questions about High-level Nuclear Waste Isolation
Author: Transporting Radioactive Material
Author: The Bedrock of Opinion
Author: G. SundqvistPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401599505
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
When did man discover nuclear waste? To answer this question, we first have to ask if nuclear waste really is something that could be called a scientific discovery, such as might deserve a Nobel Prize in physics. In early writings within nuclear energy research radioactive waste appears to be a neglected issue, a story never told. Nuclear waste first seems to appear when a public debate arose about public health risks of nuclear power in the late 1960s and early 70s. In nuclear physics, consensus was established at an early stage about the understanding of the splitting of uranium nuclei. The fission products were identified and their chains of disintegration and radioactivity soon were well established facts among the involved scientists, as was an awareness of the risks, for example the strong radioactivity of strontium and iodine, and the poisonous effects of plutonium. However, the by-products were never, either in part or in total, called or perceived as waste, just as fission by-products. How and where to dispose of the by-products were questions that were never asked by the pioneers of nuclear physics.
Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions about Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal in the United States
Author: United States. Department of EnergyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Low-level radiation
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Transporting Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-level Radioactive Waste to a National Repository
Author: United States. Department of Energy. Yucca Mountain Project OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear power plants
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Disposition of High-Level Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309170885
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Focused attention by world leaders is needed to address the substantial challenges posed by disposal of spent nuclear fuel from reactors and high-level radioactive waste from processing such fuel. The biggest challenges in achieving safe and secure storage and permanent waste disposal are societal, although technical challenges remain. Disposition of radioactive wastes in a deep geological repository is a sound approach as long as it progresses through a stepwise decision-making process that takes advantage of technical advances, public participation, and international cooperation. Written for concerned citizens as well as policymakers, this book was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and waste management organizations in eight other countries.
Nuclear Waste
Author: Martin A. WootenPublisher: Nova Science Publishers
ISBN: 9781619429963
Category : Radioactive waste disposal
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Almost 30 years ago, Congress addressed increasing concerns regarding the management of the nation's growing stockpile of nuclear waste by calling for the federal collection of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level nuclear waste (HLW) for safe, permanent disposal. Passed in 1982, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) was an effort to establish an explicit statutory basis for the Department of Energy (DOE) to dispose of the nation's most highly radioactive nuclear waste. The NWPA requires DOE to remove spent nuclear fuel from commercial nuclear power plants, in exchange for a fee, and transport it to a permanent geologic repository or an interim storage facility before permanent disposal. This book explores the effects of a termination of the Yucca Mountain Repository Program with a focus on the need for a comprehensive DOE strategy that supports environmental cleanup decisions.
End Points for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in Russia and the United States
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309087244
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
End Points for spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in Russian and the United States provides an analysis of the management of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in Russia and the United States, describing inventories, comparing approaches, and assessing the end-point options for storage and disposal of materials and wastes. The authoring committee finds that despite differences in philosophy about nuclear fuel cycles, Russia and the United States need similar kinds of facilities and face similar challenges, although in Russia many of the problems are worse and funding is less available. This book contains recommendations for immediate and near-term actions, for example, protecting and stabilizing materials that are security and safety hazards, actions for the longer term, such as developing more interim storage capacity and studying effects of deep injection, and areas for collaboration.