Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Authors -- 1: Radiation and Radioactive Wastes -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Is There a Problem? -- 1.3 What Geological Media and Material Can Be Used for Isolating Waste? -- 1.4 Role of Water and Air in the Dispersion…
Radiation and radioactive wastes -- Radiation and radioactive wastes -- Low-level and intermediate-level radioactive wastes -- Function of LLW and ILW isolation -- Management-disposal schemes -- Design and function of repositories -- Construction of LLW and ILW repositories -- L…
Disposal of hazardous waste in underground mines
"This book is not a repetition of previously published materials because the editors made sure that other hazardous wastes, such as alkaline batteries, pesticides, consumer goods and products containing dioxins, furans, etc, are included. Legislators, businessmen or environmenta…
This new book presents the best practices for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste, and compares the leading methodologies of Very Deep Hole (VDH) and Mined Repository (MR) approaches. It also assesses their respective waste isolation capacities in both the short- and lo…