Radioactive waste: politics, technology, and risk
Book
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OSTI ID:6731992
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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