Answers to Your Questions about High-level Nuclear Waste Isolation
Author: Battelle Memorial Institute. Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation
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Published: 1981
Total Pages: 80
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Author: Battelle Memorial Institute. Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation
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Published: 1981
Total Pages: 80
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 59
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: G. Sundqvist
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-04-17
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9401599505
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen did man discover nuclear waste? To answer this question, we first have to ask if nuclear waste really is something that could be called a scientific discovery, such as might deserve a Nobel Prize in physics. In early writings within nuclear energy research radioactive waste appears to be a neglected issue, a story never told. Nuclear waste first seems to appear when a public debate arose about public health risks of nuclear power in the late 1960s and early 70s. In nuclear physics, consensus was established at an early stage about the understanding of the splitting of uranium nuclei. The fission products were identified and their chains of disintegration and radioactivity soon were well established facts among the involved scientists, as was an awareness of the risks, for example the strong radioactivity of strontium and iodine, and the poisonous effects of plutonium. However, the by-products were never, either in part or in total, called or perceived as waste, just as fission by-products. How and where to dispose of the by-products were questions that were never asked by the pioneers of nuclear physics.
Author: United States. Department of Energy
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Published: 1990*
Total Pages: 16
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Published: 1994*
Total Pages: 20
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2001-06-05
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 0309170885
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFocused 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.
Author: Martin A. Wooten
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781619429963
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlmost 30 years ago, Congress addressed increasing concerns regarding the management of the nation's growing stockpile of nuclear waste by calling for the federal collection of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level nuclear waste (HLW) for safe, permanent disposal. Passed in 1982, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) was an effort to establish an explicit statutory basis for the Department of Energy (DOE) to dispose of the nation's most highly radioactive nuclear waste. The NWPA requires DOE to remove spent nuclear fuel from commercial nuclear power plants, in exchange for a fee, and transport it to a permanent geologic repository or an interim storage facility before permanent disposal. This book explores the effects of a termination of the Yucca Mountain Repository Program with a focus on the need for a comprehensive DOE strategy that supports environmental cleanup decisions.
Author: William M. Alley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 385
ISBN-13: 1107030110
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA fascinating and authoritative account of the controversies and possibilities surrounding nuclear waste disposal, providing expert discussion in down-to-earth language.