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Languages : en
Pages : 1018
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106-2 Hearings: Energy And Water Development Appropriations For 2001, Part 6, March 21, 2000
Author: Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 2001
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water DevelopmentPublisher:
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1008
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Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 2001: Department of Energy
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water DevelopmentPublisher:
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Category : Energy development
Languages : en
Pages : 1008
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Energy and Water Development Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2001
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water DevelopmentPublisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 684
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Preparing the Ground for Renewal of Nuclear Power
Author: Behram N. KursunogammaluPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461546796
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 190
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This conference proceedings explores issues surrounding the replacement of existing nuclear power plants when they reach the end of their useful life. Topics covered include: Nuclear competitiveness regarding politics and power plant evolution; social acceptance regarding communication, information, waste, and safety proliferation; and durability regarding resources and effects on the environment.
Proceedings of the Fifth Meeting of the Task Force on Shielding Aspects of Accelerators, Targets and Irradiation Facilities
Author: OECD Nuclear Energy AgencyPublisher: Paris, France : Nuclear Energy Agency, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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Category : Nuclear facilities
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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Over the last 50 years particle accelerators have evolved from simple devices to powerful machines, and will continue to have an important impact on research, technology and lifestyle. Today, they cover a wide range of applications, from television and computer displays in households to investigating the origin and structure of matter. It has become common practice to use particle accelerators for material science and medical applications. In recent years, requirements from new technological and research applications have emerged, giving rise to new radiation shielding aspects and problems. These workshop proceedings review recent progress in radiation shielding of accelerator facilities, evaluating advancements and discussing further developments needed with respect to international co-operation in this field.
Double or Quits?
Author: Malcolm C. GrimstonPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1136534180
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 249
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Global energy demand is likely to rise substantially by the mid-21st century. At the same time, the use of fossil fuels may need to be severely curtailed to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. Nuclear power is one of the few options that meet these conflicting requirements. However, its potential to do so is an issue of wide disagreement and high emotions, with balanced information hard to find. This text, the culmination of a two-year study, provides a dispassionate and objective assessment of the major disputes on the future role of this controversial fuel. Decisionmakers and their advisers, as well as proponents and opponents of the fuel, should find that this book provides clarification of the main issues influencing the future of nuclear energy: relative economics, public perceptions and the process of decisionmaking, nuclear research and development, waste management, reprocessing and proliferation, nuclear safety and nuclear power and the Kyoto Protocol. In the light of the many uncertainties in the field of energy, the relevance of these issues can only continue to grow.
Nuclear Wastes
Author: Committee on Separations Technology and Transmutation SystemsPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309561957
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 590
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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.
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.
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