Author: Electric Power Research InstitutePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Radioactive waste disposal in the ground
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Yucca Mountain Licensing Standard Options for Very Long Time Frames
Author: Electric Power Research InstitutePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Radioactive waste disposal in the ground
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Radioactive Waste Repository Licensing
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309046912
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
This book recounts the issues raised and the viewpoints aired at a recent symposium on repository licensing. It summarizes the problems surrounding the setting of an Environmental Protection Agency standard for the release of radionuclides and the regulatory problems inherent in meeting such a standard. Symposium participants came from a variety of federal agencies and advisory groups, state governments, public interest groups, engineering firms, national laboratories, and foreign and international organizations. The book illustrates the strong feeling in the radioactive waste disposal community that changes must be made if the United States is to fulfill its promise of safe management of current and future nuclear waste.
Geological Repository Systems for Safe Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuels and Radioactive Waste
Author: Michael J AptedPublisher: Woodhead Publishing
ISBN: 0081006527
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
Geological Repository Systems for Safe Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuels and Radioactive Waste, Second Edition, critically reviews state-of-the-art technologies and scientific methods relating to the implementation of the most effective approaches to the long-term, safe disposition of nuclear waste, also discussing regulatory developments and social engagement approaches as major themes. Chapters in Part One introduce the topic of geological disposal, providing an overview of near-surface, intermediate depth, and deep borehole disposal, spanning low-, medium- and high-level wastes. Part Two addresses the different types of repository systems – crystalline, clay, and salt, also discussing methods of site surveying and construction. The critical safety issue of engineered barrier systems is the focus of Part Three, with coverage ranging from nuclear waste canisters, to buffer and backfill materials. Lastly, Parts Four and Five focus on safety, security, and acceptability, concentrating on repository performance assessment, then radiation protection, environmental monitoring, and social engagement. Comprehensively revised, updated, and expanded with 25% new material on topics of current importance, this is the standard reference for all nuclear waste management and geological repository professionals and researchers. Contains 25% more material on topics of current importance in this new, comprehensive edition Fully updated coverage of both near-surface/intermediate depth, and deep borehole disposal in one convenient volume Goes beyond the scientific and technical aspects of disposal to include the political, regulatory, and societal issues involved, all from an international perspective
Viability Assessment of a Repository at Yucca Mountain: License application plan and costs
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Radioactive waste disposal in the ground
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Yucca Mountain Repository Development
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Materials Performance
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Corrosion and anti-corrosives
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
Reexamining the Scientific Basis for the Linear No-threshold Model of Low-dose Radiation
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy and EnvironmentPublisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1436
Book Description
The Reality of Precaution
Author: James HammitPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136522557
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
The 'Precautionary Principle' has sparked the central controversy over European and U.S. risk regulation. The Reality of Precaution is the most comprehensive study to go beyond precaution as an abstract principle and test its reality in practice. This groundbreaking resource combines detailed case studies of a wide array of risks to health, safety, environment and security; a broad quantitative analysis; and cross-cutting chapters on politics, law, and perceptions. The authors rebut the rhetoric of conflicting European and American approaches to risk, and show that the reality has been the selective application of precaution to particular risks on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as a constructive exchange of policy ideas toward 'better regulation.' The book offers a new view of precaution, regulatory reform, comparative analysis, and transatlantic relations.
Nuclear Waste Management
Author: Mark GaffiganPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437926533
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
High-level nuclear waste -- one of the nation's most hazardous substances -- is accumulating at 80 sites in 35 states. The waste is supposed to be disposed of in a geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas, NV. However, the repository is more than a decade behind schedule, and the nuclear waste generally remains at the commercial nuclear reactor sites and DoE sites where it was generated. This report examines the key attributes, challenges, and costs of the Yucca Mountain repository and the two principal alternatives to a repository that nuclear waste management experts identified: storing the nuclear waste at two centralized locations and continuing to store the waste on site where it was generated. Ill.
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