This book covers topics such as: an overview of sources of radioactive waste; an introduction to radioactive decay and radiation shielding calculations; management and disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste; low-level waste; transuranic waste; Uranium mill tailings; mixed waste; transportation of radioactive waste; decontamination and decommissioing of nuclear facilities; and environmental restoration. Technical and regulatory aspects of waste management are presented. Discussion questions at the end of each chapter provide an opportunity to explore the many facets of waste management issues. An extensive reference list at the end of each chapter retains the references from the first edition of the book and incorporates references used in preparing this revised text, giving the reader an opportunity to look at historical records as well as current information.
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Radioactive waste management is not a new issue, for it arose with the advent of nuclear energy. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
deferred dismantlement, melter suitable, public radiation dose, technology selection chart, waste package design, fuel consolidation, spent fuel transportation, immediate dismantlement, fractional release rates, waste storage programs, first geologic repository, waste acceptance criteria, radwaste management, rail cask, cycle vault, federal interim storage, impact limiters, ceramic melter, environmental restoration activities, immobilization forms, shallow land disposal, salting agent, discussion questions and problems, spent fuel storage pool, dry tailings Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Department of Energy, United States, Oak Ridge, New York, West Valley, University of Arizona Press, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Department of Transportation, American Nuclear Society, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Integrated Data Base, American Ceramic Society, Nuclear Weapons Complex, National Academy Press, National Research Council, Radioactive Waste Technology, South Carolina, Environmental Protection Agency, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, New Mexico, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, West Germany, Code of Federal Regulations New!
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Radioactive waste management is not a new issue, for it arose with the advent of nuclear energy. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
deferred dismantlement, melter suitable, public radiation dose, technology selection chart, waste package design, fuel consolidation, spent fuel transportation, immediate dismantlement, fractional release rates, waste storage programs, first geologic repository, waste acceptance criteria, radwaste management, rail cask, cycle vault, federal interim storage, impact limiters, ceramic melter, environmental restoration activities, immobilization forms, shallow land disposal, salting agent, discussion questions and problems, spent fuel storage pool, dry tailings Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Department of Energy, United States, Oak Ridge, New York, West Valley, University of Arizona Press, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Department of Transportation, American Nuclear Society, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Integrated Data Base, American Ceramic Society, Nuclear Weapons Complex, National Academy Press, National Research Council, Radioactive Waste Technology, South Carolina, Environmental Protection Agency, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, New Mexico, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, West Germany, Code of Federal Regulations New!
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- Nuclear Waste Management (Advances in Ceramics) by International Symposium on Ceramics in Nuclear Waste Management 1983 on 12 pages
- Understanding Radioactive Waste by Raymond L. Murray on 5 pages
- Nuclear Chemical Engineering (McGraw-Hill series in nuclear engineering) by Manson Benedict on page 108, page 109, and page 153
- Radioactive Waste Technology by A. Alan Moghissi on page 13, page 21, and page 389
- Nuclear Energy by Scientific American on page 21, and page 53
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- Whose Backyard, Whose Risk: Fear and Fairness in Toxic and Nuclear Waste Siting by Michael B. Gerrard in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Chemical Separation Technologies and Related Methods of Nuclear Waste Management: Applications, Problems, and Research Needs (NATO Science Partnership Sub-Series: 2:) by Gregory R. Choppin on page 186
- Radioactive Waste Management by Y. S. Tang in Front Matter
- Handbook of Laboratory Health and Safety, 2nd Edition by R. Scott Stricoff on page 242
- Nuclear Renaissance: Technologies and Policies for the Future of Nuclear Power by William J. Nuttall on page 119
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