| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 571 pages) : illustrations, charts |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Summaries of S & T proposals and radionuclides release scenarios in repository -- Separations technology -- Transmutation systems -- Defense wastes -- Analysis of the issues. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Radioactive wastes -- Purification.
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Radioactive wastes -- Purification. |
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Separation (Technology)
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Separation (Technology) |
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Radioactive wastes -- Transmutation.
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Radioactive wastes -- Transmutation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Separations Technology and Transmutation Systems.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nuclear wastes. Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 1996 0309052262 (DLC) 95046577 (OCoLC)33668177 |
| ISBN |
058502880X (electronic book) |
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9780585028804 (electronic book) |
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0309131847 (paperback) |
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9780309131841 (paperback) |
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0309052262 |
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9780309052269 |
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