"Large volumes of hazardous wastes are produced each year, however only a small proportion of them are radioactive. While disposal options for hazardous wastes are generally well established, some types of hazardous waste face issues similar to those for radioactive waste and al…
"Large volumes of hazardous wastes are produced each year, however only a small proportion of them are radioactive. While disposal options for hazardous wastes are generally well established, some types of hazardous waste face issues similar to those for radioactive waste and al…
Management of spent fuel from nuclear power reactors: proceedings of an International Conference on Man…
by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, International Conference on Management of Spent Fuel from Nuclear Power Reactors, Vienna), IAEA
fromProceedings series (International Atomic Energy Agency)
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The Tainted Desert documents the controversies surrounding the Yucca Mountain project - America's first large-scale national high-level nuclear waste site, built at a cost of billions of taxpayer dollars and located in Nevada less than 100 miles from Las Vegas.
This work investigates the factors which might influence public opinion regarding the nuclear power industry, and the accuracy of existing theories about that opinion. West Cumbrian opinion is of particular interest, because the area has the highest concentration of the nuclear …
Engineering Separations Unit Operations for Nuclear Processing provides insight into the fundamentals of separations in nuclear materials processing not covered in typical texts. This book integrates fuel cycle and waste processing into a single, coherent approach, demonstrating…