Radioactive waste: politics, technology, and risk

Book · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6731992

Lipschutz, R D

A review of the problems associated with radioactive waste management is presented. The book covers the nature and hazards of radioactivity; how radioactive wastes are generated; the history of US radioactive waste management programs; what schemes for managing and disposing of wastes currently exist or have been proposed; and the current federal program and plans for disposing of radioactive wastes. Major radioactive waste management technologies described and critically analyzed include: waste solidification and packaging; surface storage; geologic isolation; seabed disposal; space disposal; ice disposal; and partitioning and transmutation.

• OSTI ID: 6731992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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