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Disposition of High-Level Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel: The Continuing Societal and Technical Challenges - Hardcover
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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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Disposition of High-Level Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel : The Continuing Societal and Technical Challenges
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National Academies Press, 2001
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ISBN 13: 9780309073172
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Disposition of High Level Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel : The Continuing Societal and Technical Challenges
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Disposition of High-Level Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel; The Continuing Societal and Technical Challenges
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National Academy Press, Washington DC, 2001
ISBN 10: 0309073170
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. William Matthews (illustrator). Presumed First Edition, First printing. xv, [1], 198, [2] pages. Footnotes. Boxes. Illustrations. References. Acronyms Used in this Report. There has been, for decades, a worldwide consensus in the nuclear technical community for disposal through geological isolation of high-level waste (HLW), including spent nuclear fuel (SNF).1 However, none of the national programs established to implement geological disposal has yet succeeded in establishing a geological repository and emplacing HLW in it. The large and growing HLW inventory from civilian and military reactor use over nearly 60 years remains in surface facilities intended only for interim storage. The societal and technical challenges of geological disposal and, more broadly, of ongoing management of HLW have turned out to be substantially greater than anticipated when the United States and other nations established programs for HLW disposal starting some decades ago. The project that produced this report was initiated by the Board on Radioactive Waste Management, the part of the National Research Council responsible for studies on nuclear waste, in response to its observation that many nations, including the United States, were encountering significant difficulties and delays in their plans for geological disposal of HLW. The study committee includes scientists from several nations, as well as a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, and the study has addressed both the societal and the technical aspects of HLW management. In particular, the study addresses the questions of whether and when to implement disposal of HLW through geological isolation, rather than focusing exclusively on how to implement geological disposal. This report is intended to provide elected officials and policymakers, interested parties among the public, and those professionally involved with HLW with an informative overview and with specific insights to aid planning and decision making. Seller Inventory # 75748