Waste management in the nuclear engineering curriculum

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA)

OSTI ID:5330455

Tulenko, J S

One of the most significant challenges facing the nuclear industry is to successfully close the nuclear fuel cycle and effectively demonstrate to the public that nuclear wastes do not present a health risk. This issue is currently viewed by many as the most important issue affecting public acceptance of nuclear power, and it is imperative that nuclear engineers be able to effectively address the question of nuclear waste from both a generation and disposal standpoint. To address the issue, the area of nuclear waste management has been made one of the fields of specialized study in the Department of Nuclear Engineering Sciences at the University of Florida. The study of radioactive waste management at the University of Florida is designed both for background for the general nuclear engineering student and for those wishing to specialize in it as a multidiscipline study area involving the Departments of Nuclear Engineering Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Material Science and Engineering, Geology, Civil Engineering, and Industrial Engineering.

• OSTI ID: 5330455
• Report Number(s): CONF-890604--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA) Journal Volume: 59
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

052000* -- Nuclear Fuels-- Waste Management
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
220100 -- Nuclear Reactor Technology-- Theory & Calculation
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION
CHEMISTRY
CONTROL SYSTEMS
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
DISSOLUTION
ECONOMICS
EDUCATION
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
ENERGY SOURCES
ENGINEERING
EQUIPMENT
EXPERT SYSTEMS
FUELS
GEOLOGY
HYDROLOGY
LEACHING
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT
MECHANICS
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
NUCLEAR FUELS
PROCESSING
PUBLIC OPINION
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
REACTOR MATERIALS
REAL TIME SYSTEMS
REMOTE HANDLING EQUIPMENT
ROBOTS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SHIELDING
SOIL MECHANICS
TRANSPORT
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING