Improving the scientific basis for managing DOE's excess nuclear material and spent nuclear fuel /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Committee on Improving the Scientific Basis for Managing Nuclear Materials and Spent Nuclear Fuel through the Environmental Management Science Program, National Research Council.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Washington, DC :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
National Academies Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2003.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (112 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
GENERAL NOTES
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"National Research Council of the National Academies."
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Front Matter -- Preface -- List of Report Reviewers -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction, Background, and Task -- 2 The Challenges of Managing DOE's Excess Nuclear Materials -- 3 Plutonium-239 -- 4 Spent DOE Nuclear Fuel -- 5 Cesium-137 and Strontium-90 Capsules -- 6 Depleted Uranium -- 7 The Higher Actinides -- 8 Conclusions -- References -- Appendix A Nuclear Materials Production in the DOE Complex -- Appendix B Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- Appendix C Presentations to the Committee -- Appendix D List of Acronyms.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This study identifies research opportunities for storage, recycle, reuse, or disposal of nuclear materials and spent nuclear fuel. Most of the materials dealt with in this report have not been declared as waste.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Improving the scientific basis for managing DOE's excess nuclear material and spent nuclear fuel.
International Standard Book Number
0309087228
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States.
United States.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Radioactive wastes.
Spent reactor fuels-- United States.
Radioactive wastes.
Spent reactor fuels.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING-- Power Resources-- Nuclear.