End Points for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in Russia and the United States /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Committee on End Points for Spent Nunclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in Russia and the United States, Board on Radioactive Waste Management, Division on Earth and Life Studies and Office for Central Europe and Eurasia, Development, Security and Cooperation, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council of the National Academies.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-116).
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Front Matter -- Contents -- Summary, 1 -- 1 Introduction, 13 -- 1.1 Definition of Terms, 14 -- 1.2 Background and Overview of the Challenges, 20 -- 1.3 Nuclear Fuel Cycles, 25 -- 2 Spent Nuclear Fuel and End Points, 31 -- 2.1 Spent Nuclear Fuel in the Russian Federation, 31 -- 2.2 Spent Nuclear Fuel in the United States, 38 -- 2.3 Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium, 48 -- 2.4 End Points, 50 -- 2.5 Fuel-Cycle Steps and End Points for Spent Nuclear Fuel, 52 -- 3 High-Level Radioactive Waste, 65 -- 3.1 High-Level Radioactive Waste in the Russian Federation, 65.
Text of Note
3.2 High-Level Radioactive Waste in the United States, 75 -- 3.3 End Points for High-Level Radioactive Waste That Is Not Spent Nuclear Fuel, 80 -- 4 Conclusions and Recommendations, 88 -- 4.1 Problems that Require Immediate Attention and Prompt Action, 92 -- 4.2 Longer-Term Research, Development, and Implementation, 96 -- 4.3 Areas for Collaboration, 102 -- References, 108 -- Appendix A: Statement of Task, 117 -- Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations, 119 -- Appendix C: Committee Member Biographies, 121 -- Appendix D: Presentations and Site Visits, 125.
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Title
End Points for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in Russia and the United States.
International Standard Book Number
0309087244
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Radioactive waste disposal in the ground-- Russia (Federation)
Radioactive waste disposal.
Spent reactor fuels-- Storage.
Civil & Environmental Engineering.
Engineering & Applied Sciences.
Environmental Engineering.
Radioactive waste disposal in the ground.
Radioactive waste disposal.
Spent reactor fuels-- Storage.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING-- Power Resources-- Nuclear.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Russia (Federation)
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(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
TEC-- 028000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
621
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48/38
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
TD898
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2
Book number
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E53
2003eb
CORPORATE BODY NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
National Research Council (U.S.)., Committee on End Points for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in Russia and the United States.
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
National Research Council (U.S.)., Board on Radioactive Waste Management.