Study of research needs and priorities in radioactive waste management

Technical Report · Wed Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5195285· OSTI ID:5195285

Carson, W. E.; Mitchell, W. III

This report presents the results of an assessment of long-range research needs in nuclear waste management. The purpose is to aid the Director of Energy Research in determining the health of DOE's research programs. The intent of the project reported here was to identify additional, basic research necessary in the 1980s and 1990s to develop an adequate scientific data base for nuclear waste management activities likely to be important around the turn of the century. The recommendations resulted from an overview of the entire area of nuclear waste management, not from focused examinations of narrow topics within that area. The suggested research may be the subject of future studies or more intense work by DOE. The recommendations presented in this report are not accompanied by designations of responsible program offices within DOE. It is anticipated that the contents of the report will be shared with the program offices involved and that those offices will recognize and respond to recommendations within their purviews.

• Research Organization: Southern Science, Dunedin, FL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-82ER30042
• OSTI ID: 5195285
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/30042-T1; ON: DE84009045
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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DECOMMISSIONING
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ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EVALUATION
FUELS
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