Author: J. J. LaidlerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear reactors
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
A Strategy for the Qualification of IFR/ALMR High-level Wastes for Repository Disposal
Author: J. J. LaidlerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear reactors
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Waste Treatment Development Strategy for the Fuel Cycle Facility
Author: K. Michael GoffPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Radioactive waste disposal
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Proceedings of the 2nd MIT International Conference on the Next Generation of Nuclear Power Technology, October 25-26, 1993, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Author: Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 1993: Department of Energy FY 1993 budget justifications
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Energy development
Languages : en
Pages : 1854
Book Description
Disposition of High-Level Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309073170
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 215
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 Wastes
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309052262
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Disposal of radioactive waste from nuclear weapons production and power generation has caused public outcry and political consternation. Nuclear Wastes presents a critical review of some waste management and disposal alternatives to the current national policy of direct disposal of light water reactor spent fuel. The book offers clearcut conclusions for what the nation should do today and what solutions should be explored for tomorrow. The committee examines the currently used "once-through" fuel cycle versus different alternatives of separations and transmutation technology systems, by which hazardous radionuclides are converted to nuclides that are either stable or radioactive with short half-lives. The volume provides detailed findings and conclusions about the status and feasibility of plutonium extraction and more advanced separations technologies, as well as three principal transmutation concepts for commercial reactor spent fuel. The book discusses nuclear proliferation; the U.S. nuclear regulatory structure; issues of health, safety and transportation; the proposed sale of electrical energy as a means of paying for the transmutation system; and other key issues.
Conceptual waste package interim product specifictions and data requirements for disposal of glass commercial high-level waste forms in salt geologic repositories
Author: Energy Research Abstracts
Author: Nuclear Wastes
Author: Committee on Separations Technology and Transmutation SystemsPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309561957
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Disposal of radioactive waste from nuclear weapons production and power generation has caused public outcry and political consternation. Nuclear Wastes presents a critical review of some waste management and disposal alternatives to the current national policy of direct disposal of light water reactor spent fuel. The book offers clearcut conclusions for what the nation should do today and what solutions should be explored for tomorrow. The committee examines the currently used "once-through" fuel cycle versus different alternatives of separations and transmutation technology systems, by which hazardous radionuclides are converted to nuclides that are either stable or radioactive with short half-lives. The volume provides detailed findings and conclusions about the status and feasibility of plutonium extraction and more advanced separations technologies, as well as three principal transmutation concepts for commercial reactor spent fuel. The book discusses nuclear proliferation; the U.S. nuclear regulatory structure; issues of health, safety and transportation; the proposed sale of electrical energy as a means of paying for the transmutation system; and other key issues.
Management and Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium
Author: National Academy of SciencesPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309051452
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Within the next decade, many thousands of U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons are slated to be retired as a result of nuclear arms reduction treaties and unilateral pledges. Hundreds of tons of plutonium and highly enriched uranium will no longer be needed for weapons purposes and will pose urgent challenges to international security. This is the supporting volume to a study by the Committee on International Security and Arms Control which dealt with all phases of the management and disposition of these materials. This technical study concentrates on the option for the disposition of plutonium, looking in detail at the different types of reactors in which weapons plutonium could be burned and at the vitrification of plutonium, and comparing them using economic, security and environmental criteria.