Behind the nuclear curtain: Radioactive waste management in the former Soviet Union
- ed.; Pacific Northwest National Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
Behind the Nuclear Curtain paints a striking picture of the USSR and now FSU nuclear waste management activities, tracing the evolution of what is likely the world`s largest nuclear waste management problem. It draws on information from hundreds of literature sources as well as the author`s first-hand knowledge of nuclear waste related events in Russia. It represents the largest compilation ever on nuclear waste management practices, past and present, in the former Soviet Union. It covers uranium mining, milling, and enrichment as well as reprocessing and disposal. Separate chapters are devoted to naval waste management and contamination of oceans and seas, as well as the conditions in the FSU and the Baltic countries and the weapons test sites. Separate chapters are devoted to Chernobyl and the three processing centers: Mayak, Tomsk, and Krasnoyark. The appendices contain information on operating and decommissioned reactors, as well as on comparative worldwide releases of radioactive into the environment, nuclear accidents, and nuclear weapons tests. Behind the Nuclear Curtain reveals some of the truths behind decades of nuclear neglect in that part of the world. The message of the book is clear: one can learn from the Russians` nuclear waste management problems; understanding their problems and helping them deal with them can provide valuable solutions to cleaning up US nuclear waste sites.
- OSTI ID:
- 351835
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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