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1 online resource (xxiii, 431 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction / Allison M. Macfarlane and Rodney C. Ewing -- pt. 1. Policy -- 2. Nuclear waste story : setting the stage / Thomas A. Cotton -- 3. Regulating the geologic disposal of high-level nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain / William M. Murphy -- 4. Performance assessment : what is it and why is it done? / Chris Whipple -- 5. Performance assessments : are they necessary or sufficient? / Rodney C. Ewing -- 6. Technical policy decision making in siting a high-level nuclear waste repository / Allison M. Macfarlane. |
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pt. 2. Science and technology -- 1. Earth science -- 7. Mountain matters / David Applegate -- 8. Volcanism : the continuing saga / Bruce M. Crowe, Greg A. Valentine, Grank V. Perry, and Paul K. Black -- 9. Climate change at Yucca Mountain : lessons from earth history / MaryLynn Musgrove and Daniel P. Schrag -- 2. Hydrology -- 10. Hot upwelling water : did it really invade Yucca Mountain? / Nicholas S.F. Wilson and Jean S. Cline -- 11. Water and radionuclide transport in the unsaturated zone / June Fabryka-Martin, Alan Flint, Arend Meijer, and Gilles Bussod -- 12. Colloidal transport of radionuclides / Annie B. Kersting -- 13. Importance of mineralogy at Yucca Mountain / David L. Bish, J. William Carey, Steve J. Chipera, and David T. Vaniman -- 14. Contaminant transport in the saturated zone at Yucca Mountain / Lynn W. Gelhar -- 3. Thermohydrology -- 15. Thermohydrologic effects and interactions / G.S. Bodvarsson -- 16. The near field at Yucca Mountain : effects of coupled processes on nuclear waste isolation / William M. Murphy -- 4. Waste package behavior -- 17. Waste package corrosion / David W. Shoesmith -- 18. Drip shield and backfill / David Stahl -- 5. Waste forms -- 19. Zircaloy cladding / Eric R. Siegmann -- 20. Spent fuel / Jordi Bruno and Esther Cera -- 21. Glass / Werner Lutze -- 22. Storing waste in ceramic / WiIliam L. Bourcier and Kurt Sickafus. |
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pt. 3. Coping with uncertainty -- 23. Path to Yucca Mountain and beyond / Luther J. Carter -- 24. Uncertainty, models, and the way forward in nuclear waste disposal / Allison M. Macfarlane -- Index. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Radioactive waste disposal in the ground -- Nevada -- Yucca Mountain.
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Radioactive waste disposal in the ground. |
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Nevada -- Yucca Mountain. |
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Radioactive waste sites -- Nevada -- Yucca Mountain -- Evaluation.
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Radioactive waste sites. |
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Evaluation. |
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Geology -- Nevada -- Yucca Mountain Region.
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Geology. |
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Nevada. |
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Radioactive waste disposal -- Government policy -- United States.
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Radioactive waste disposal -- Government policy. |
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United States. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Macfarlane, Allison.
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Ewing, Rodney C.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Uncertainty underground. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2006 0262134624 0262633329 (DLC) 2005056218 (OCoLC)62331027 |
| ISBN |
9780262278782 (electronic book) |
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0262278782 (electronic book) |
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1423774493 (electronic book) |
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9781423774495 (electronic book) |
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0262134624 (alkaline paper) |
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9780262134620 (alkaline paper) |
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0262633329 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780262633321 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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