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Category : Low-level radiation
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Plan for Selecting a Preferred Method for Disposal of Low-level Radioactive Wastes
Author: Review of New York State Low-Level Radioactive Waste Siting Process
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309175305
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
This book reviews the efforts of New York state to site a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility. It evaluates the nature, sources, and quality of the data, analyses, and procedures used by the New York State Siting Commission in its decisionmaking process, which identified five potential sites for low-level waste disposal. Finally, the committee offers a chapter highlighting the lessons in siting low-level radioactive waste facilities that can be learned from New York State's experience.
Plan for Selecting Methods for Disposal of Low-level Radioactive Wastes
Author: New York State Low-Level Radioactive Waste Siting CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Low-level radiation
Languages : en
Pages :
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Program Report
Author: New York State Low-Level Radioactive Waste Siting CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Radioactive waste disposal
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Nuclear Waste
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
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Category : Radioactive waste sites
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Strategy and Methodology for Radioactive Waste Characterization
Author: International Atomic Energy AgencyPublisher: IAEA
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Over the past decade significant progress has been achieved in the development of waste characterization and control procedures and equipment as a direct response to ever-increasing requirements for quality and reliability of information on waste characteristics. Failure in control procedures at any step can have important, adverse consequences and may result in producing waste packages which are not compliant with the waste acceptance criteria for disposal, thereby adversely impacting the repository. The information and guidance included in this publication corresponds to recent achievements and reflects the optimum approaches, thereby reducing the potential for error and enhancing the quality of the end product. -- Publisher's description.
Improving the Regulation and Management of Low-Activity Radioactive Wastes
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309101425
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
The largest volumes of radioactive wastes in the United States contain only small amounts of radioactive material. These low-activity wastes (LAW) come from hospitals, utilities, research institutions, and defense installations where nuclear material is used. Millions of cubic feet of LAW also arise every year from non-nuclear enterprises such as mining and water treatment. While LAW present much less of a radiation hazard than spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive wastes, they can cause health risks if controlled improperly. Improving the Regulation and Management of Low-Activity Radioactive Wastes asserts that LAW should be regulated and managed according to the degree of risk they pose for treatment, storage, and disposal. Current regulations are based primarily on the type of industry that produced the waste-the waste's origin-rather than its risk. In this report, a risk-informed approach for regulating and managing all types of LAW in the United States is proposed. Implemented in a gradual or stepwise fashion, this approach combines scientific risk assessment with public values and perceptions. It focuses on the hazardous properties of the waste in question and how they compare with other waste materials. The approach is based on established principles for risk-informed decision making, current risk-informed initiatives by waste regulators in the United States and abroad, solutions available under current regulatory authorities, and remedies through new legislation when necessary.
Selection of Sites for Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal in Pennsylvania
Author: Pennsylvania. Bureau of Radiation ProtectionPublisher:
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Category : Radioactive waste disposal
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Pennsylvania Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility Proposed Siting Plan
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Hazardous waste sites
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
Managing Low-level Radioactive Wastes
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
In 1978, President Carter established the Interagency Review Group on Nuclear Waste Management (IRG) to review the nation's plans and progress in managing radioactive wastes. In its final report, issued in March 1979, the group recommended that the Department of Energy (DOE) assume responsibility for developing a national plan for the management of low-level wastes. Toward this end, DOE directed that a strategy be developed to guide federal and state officials in resolving issues critical to the safe management of low-level wastes. EG and G Idaho, Inc. was selected as the lead contractor for the Low-Level Waste Management Program and was given responsibility for developing the strategy. A 25 member task force was formed which included individuals from federal agencies, states, industry, universities, and public interest groups. The task force identified nineteen broad issues covering the generation, treatment, packaging, transportation, and disposal of low-level wastes. Alternatives for the resolution of each issue were proposed and recommendations were made which, taken together, form the draft strategy. These recommendations are summarized in this document.