Science, society, and America's nuclear waste: Unit 3, The Nuclear Waste Policy Act

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:7008169

This teachers guide is unit 3, the nuclear waste policy act, in a four-unit secondary curriculum. It is intended to provide information about scientific and societal issues related to the management of spent nuclear fuel from generation of electricity at nuclear powerplants and high-level radioactive waste from US national defense activities. The curriculum, supporting classroom activities, and teaching materials present a brief discussion of energy and electricity generation, including that produced at nuclear power plants; information on sources, amounts, location, and characteristics of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste; sources, types and effects of radiation; US policy for managing and disposing of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste and what other countries are doing; and the components of the nuclear waste management system.

• Research Organization: USDOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 7008169
• Report Number(s): DOE/RW-0363-TG; ON: TI93002391
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
TRANSPORT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
EDUCATIONAL TOOLS
REGULATIONS
ADOLESCENTS
CASKS
INFORMATION
MANUALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
AGE GROUPS
CONTAINERS
DOCUMENT TYPES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
052000* - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Management
051000 - Nuclear Fuels- Economic
Industrial
& Business Aspects
293000 - Energy Planning & Policy- Policy
Legislation
& Regulation
050900 - Nuclear Fuels- Transport
Handling
& Storage