Radioactive waste management in perspective: Nuclear Energy and Information - Softcover

Nuclear Energy Agency; Organisation For Economic Co-operation And Development

 
9789264146921: Radioactive waste management in perspective: Nuclear Energy and Information

Synopsis

Radioactive wate management is often cited as the most important unresolved issue concerning nuclear energy, but a broad scientific and technical consensus exists amongst specialists that all categories of radioactive waste can be managed and disposed of safely with current techniques. Many stages of radioactive waste management have become routine industrial procedures. Strategies are also being developed to store and dispose of high-level, long-lived waste in deep geological repositories. This report is intended for the non-specialist interested in the situatuion of radioactive waste management in the OECD area.

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