Radioactive Waste Repository Licensing

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Board on Radioactive Waste Management,Commission on Geosciences Environment and Resources
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1992-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309046916

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Radioactive Waste Repository Licensing by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Board on Radioactive Waste Management,Commission on Geosciences Environment and Resources Pdf

This book recounts the issues raised and the viewpoints aired at a recent symposium on repository licensing. It summarizes the problems surrounding the setting of an Environmental Protection Agency standard for the release of radionuclides and the regulatory problems inherent in meeting such a standard. Symposium participants came from a variety of federal agencies and advisory groups, state governments, public interest groups, engineering firms, national laboratories, and foreign and international organizations. The book illustrates the strong feeling in the radioactive waste disposal community that changes must be made if the United States is to fulfill its promise of safe management of current and future nuclear waste.

Author : U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Radioactive waste disposal
ISBN : UOM:39015095079698

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Regulation of Federal Radioactive Waste Activities by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Pdf

Author : Mark Holt
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781437989090

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Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal by Mark Holt Pdf

This report looks at the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA), Yucca Mountain, and the Obama Administration's de-funding of Yucca Mountain. Federal policy is based on the premise that nuclear waste can be disposed of safely, but proposed storage and disposal facilities have frequently been challenged on safety, health, and environmental grounds. Most of the current debate surrounding civilian radioactive waste focuses on highly radioactive spent fuel from nuclear power plants.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Radioactive waste disposal
ISBN : UOM:39015095093764

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Workshops for State Review of Site Suitability Criteria for High-level Radioactive Waste Repositories by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mark E. Gaffigan
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781437985627

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Commercial Nuclear Waste by Mark E. Gaffigan Pdf

Spent nuclear fuel -- considered very hazardous -- is accumulating at commercial reactor sites in 33 states. The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 directs the Dept. of Energy (DoE) to dispose of this waste in a repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. In June 2008, DoE submitted a license application for the repository, but in March 2010 moved to withdraw it. However, the NRC or the courts could compel DoE to resume the licensing process. This report examines: (1) the basis for DoE's decision to terminate the Yucca Mountain program; (2) the termination steps DoE has taken and their effects; (3) the major impacts if the repository were terminated; and (4) the principal lessons learned. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand report.

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Hazardous waste sites
ISBN : STANFORD:36105126834857

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Nuclear Waste by United States. General Accounting Office Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Nuclear energy
ISBN : UOM:39015051558586

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Radioactive Waste by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428923423

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Managing the nation's commercial high-level radioactive waste. by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Radioactive waste disposal
ISBN : UFL:31262089050966

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Workshops for State Review Site Suitability Criteria for High-level Radioactive Waste Repositories by Anonim Pdf

Author : D. Easterling,Howard Kunreuther
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789401106290

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The Dilemma of Siting a High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository by D. Easterling,Howard Kunreuther Pdf

This book explores siting dilemmas - situations in which an "authority" (e.g., Congress, a consortium of utilities) deems it in the best interest of society to build a facility such as an incinerator, but opponents living near the proposed site thwart the plan. Facility developers typically attribute local opposition to selfishness or radically inaccurate views of the risks posed by the facility. We examine the validity of these conclusions by looking in depth at the psychological response that arises when residents are faced with the prospect of living near waste disposal facilities. The particular siting dilemma considered in this book is the problem of how to "dispose" of the high-level nuclear wastes accumulating at nuclear power plants in the United States. These wastes, in the form of "spent" fuel rods, will emit dangerous levels of radioactivity for thousands of years - anywhere between 10,000 and 100,000 years, depending on the margin of safety one adopts. The current proposal is to encase the spent fuel in corrosion-resistant canisters and then to bury these canisters deep underground in a geologic repository. The two of us became involved with the high-level waste issue in 1986 as part of an interdisciplinary research team hired by the State of Nevada. The charge of this team was to estimate the socioeconomic impacts that would accompany a repository if it were built at Yucca Mountain, approximately 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas.

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Radioactive waste disposal
ISBN : UIUC:30112033990380

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Nuclear Waste by United States. General Accounting Office Pdf

Author : U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Radioactive waste disposal
ISBN : OCLC:682786117

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Regulation of Federal Radioactive Waste Activities by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105015944122

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission Licensing by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Pdf

Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.

Author : Warren S. Melfort
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Science
ISBN : 1590338502

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Nuclear Waste Disposal by Warren S. Melfort Pdf

The disposal of nuclear waste is becoming a major concern. Many nuclear power plants around the world are nearing the end of their operating lives. This is particularly true in the United States where most nuclear power plants are approaching the end of the operational time period allowed in their licenses. The disposal of radioactive waste from nuclear power plants and nuclear missiles is as politically intense an issue as the plants and missiles themselves. Yet the three issues have remained curiously separate in spite of their close physical ties. Few debates on nuclear power or nuclear weapons discuss the problems of waste disposal should the power plant or missile be decommissioned. Few debates on nuclear waste disposal discuss the opportunities to close nuclear power plants or get rid of nuclear weapons a disposal site would afford. Nuclear waste can be generally classified a either "low level" radioactive waste or "high level" radioactive waste. Low level nuclear waste usually includes material used to handle the highly radioactive parts of nuclear reactors (i.e. cooling water pipes and radiation suits) and waste from medical procedures involving radioactive treatments or x-rays. Low level waste is comparatively easy to dispose of. The level of radioactivity and the half life of the radioactive isotopes in low level waste is relatively small. Storing the waste for a period of 10 to 50 years will allow most of the radioactive isotopes in low level waste to decay, at which point the waste can be disposed of as normal refuse. High level radioactive waste is generally material from the core of the nuclear reactor or nuclear weapon. This waste includes uranium, plutonium, and other highly radioactive elements made during fission. Most of the radioactive isotopes in high level waste emit large amounts of radiation and have extremely long half-lives (some longer than 100,000 years) creating long time periods before the waste will settle to safe levels of radioactivity. This new book explores the issues pertaining, either directly or indirectly, to nuclear waste disposal.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105050442891

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Nuclear Waste Storage and Disposal Policy, and Hydroelectric License Extension and Energy Efficiency Legislation by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality Pdf