Author: Ragnar BogePublisher: Allmanna Forlaget
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Non-Nuclear Hazardous Wastes
Author: Nuclear/hazardous Wastes
Author: Disposal of Radioactive and Other Hazardous Wastes
Author: Ragnar BogePublisher: Allmanna Forlaget
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Improving the Regulation and Management of Low-Activity Radioactive Wastes
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309164699
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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.
Nuclear Waste
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Radioactive waste disposal in the ground
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
An Introduction to Nuclear Waste Immobilisation
Author: Michael I OjovanPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 9780080993928
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Drawing on the authors' extensive experience in the processing and disposal of waste, An Introduction to Nuclear Waste Immobilisation, Second Edition examines the gamut of nuclear waste issues from the natural level of radionuclides in the environment to geological disposal of waste-forms and their long-term behavior. It covers all-important aspects of processing and immobilization, including nuclear decay, regulations, new technologies and methods. Significant focus is given to the analysis of the various matrices used, especially cement and glass, with further discussion of other matrices such as bitumen. The final chapter concentrates on the performance assessment of immobilizing materials and safety of disposal, providing a full range of the resources needed to understand and correctly immobilize nuclear waste.
Hazardous Wastes (non-nuclear)
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Factory and trade waste
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Not Here, Not There, Not Anywhere
Author: Daniel J. ShermanPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136522069
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
In 1979, provoked by the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, governors of states hosting disposal facilities for low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) refused to accept additional shipments. The resulting shortage of disposal sites for wastes spurred Congress to devolve responsibility for establishing new, geographically diffuse LLRW disposal sites to states and regional compacts, with siting authorities often employing socio-economic and political data to target communities that would give little resistance to their plans. The communities, however, were far from compliant, organizing nearly 1000 opposition events that ended up blocking the implementation of any new disposal sites. Sherman provides comprehensive coverage of this opposition, testing hypotheses regarding movement mobilization and opposition strategy by analyzing the frequency and disruptive qualities of activism. In the process, he bridges applied policy questions about hazardous waste disposal with broader questions about the dynamics of social movements and the intergovernmental politics of policy implementation. The issues raised in this book are sure to be renewed as interest grows in nuclear power and the disposal of the resulting waste remains uncertain.
Nuclear Waste: Plans for Addressing Most Buried Transuranic Wastes Are Not Final, and Preliminary Cost Estimates Will Likely Increase
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9781422396834
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Author: