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About this book
Disposal of radioactive waste from nuclear weapons production and power generation has caused public outcry and political consternation. Nuclear Wastes presents a critical review of some waste management and disposal alternatives to the current national policy of direct disposal of light water reactor spent fuel. The book offers clearcut conclusions for what the nation should do today and what solutions should be explored for tomorrow.The committee examines the currently used "e;once-through"e; fuel cycle versus different alternatives of separations and transmutation technology systems, by which hazardous radionuclides are converted to nuclides that are either stable or radioactive with short half-lives. The volume provides detailed findings and conclusions about the status and feasibility of plutonium extraction and more advanced separations technologies, as well as three principal transmutation concepts for commercial reactor spent fuel.The book discusses nuclear proliferation; the U.S. nuclear regulatory structure; issues of health, safety and transportation; the proposed sale of electrical energy as a means of paying for the transmutation system; and other key issues.
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Table of contents
- COVER PAGE
- Committee On Separations Technology And Transmutation Systems (Stats)
- Board on Radioactive Waste Management
- Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources
- Preface
- Contents
- Executive Summary
- Chapter One— Introduction
- Chapter Two— Summaries of S&T Proposals and Radionuclides Release Scenarios in Repository
- Chapter Three— Separations Technology
- Chapter Four— Transmutation Systems
- Chapter Five— Defense Wastes
- Chapter Six— Analysis of the Issues
- Appendixes
- Index