A Review of Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Technology
Title | A Review of Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Technology PDF eBook |
Author | Atomic Energy of Canada Limited |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1987* |
Genre | Radioactive waste disposal |
ISBN | 9780662157618 |
Strategy and Methodology for Radioactive Waste Characterization
Title | Strategy and Methodology for Radioactive Waste Characterization PDF eBook |
Author | International Atomic Energy Agency |
Publisher | IAEA |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
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Over the past decade significant progress has been achieved in the development of waste characterization and control procedures and equipment as a direct response to ever-increasing requirements for quality and reliability of information on waste characteristics. Failure in control procedures at any step can have important, adverse consequences and may result in producing waste packages which are not compliant with the waste acceptance criteria for disposal, thereby adversely impacting the repository. The information and guidance included in this publication corresponds to recent achievements and reflects the optimum approaches, thereby reducing the potential for error and enhancing the quality of the end product. -- Publisher's description.
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management and Disposition
Title | Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management and Disposition PDF eBook |
Author | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 163 |
Release | 2017-07-05 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0309456789 |
The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (DOE) is responsible for the safe cleanup of sites used for nuclear weapons development and government-sponsored nuclear energy research. Low-level radioactive waste (LLW) is the most volumetrically significant waste stream generated by the DOE cleanup program. LLW is also generated through commercial activities such as nuclear power plant operations and medical treatments. The laws and regulations related to the disposal of LLW in the United States have evolved over time and across agencies and states, resulting in a complex regulatory structure. DOE asked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to organize a workshop to discuss approaches for the management and disposition of LLW. Participants explored the key physical, chemical, and radiological characteristics of low-level waste that govern its safe and secure management and disposal in aggregate and in individual waste streams, and how key characteristics of low level waste are incorporated into standards, orders, and regulations that govern the management and disposal of LLW in the United States and in other major waste-producing countries. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.
Disposition of High-Level Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel
Title | Disposition of High-Level Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 215 |
Release | 2001-07-05 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0309073170 |
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.
Review of New York State Low-Level Radioactive Waste Siting Process
Title | Review of New York State Low-Level Radioactive Waste Siting Process PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 1996-07-30 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0309175305 |
This book reviews the efforts of New York state to site a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility. It evaluates the nature, sources, and quality of the data, analyses, and procedures used by the New York State Siting Commission in its decisionmaking process, which identified five potential sites for low-level waste disposal. Finally, the committee offers a chapter highlighting the lessons in siting low-level radioactive waste facilities that can be learned from New York State's experience.
Nuclear Wastes
Title | Nuclear Wastes PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 590 |
Release | 1996-02-23 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0309052262 |
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.
Comparing Risks from Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal on Land and in the Ocean
Title | Comparing Risks from Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal on Land and in the Ocean PDF eBook |
Author | P. D. Moskowitz |
Publisher | |
Pages | 250 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Low-level radiation |
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