Nuclear engineering, health physics, and radioactive waste management fellowship program: Summary of program activities: Radioactive waste management fellowship, 1985-1986

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6954239

This report summarizes the 1985-86 activities of the radioactive waste management element of the US Department of Energy (DOE) Nuclear Engineering, Health Physics, and Radioactive Waste Management Fellowship program. Throughout the past year the fellowship program continued to assist DOE in meeting its expected manpower demands for trained scientists and engineers needed for the implementation of the 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act. A general shortage of master's and doctoral level scientists and engineers in disciplines supportive of the nation's high-level radioactive waste management may impede the Department of Energy's ability to properly carry out its mission in these areas. In addition, the underutilization of related graduate programs may have a long-term detrimental effect on this mission. The followship program is designed to send a signal of support for graduate programs with research and curriculum related to the management of high-level waste (HLW). It is expected that this support will encourage talented graduate students to enter the HLW graduate programs and the universities will be motivated to support and improve on their existing programs.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Inc., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76OR00033
• OSTI ID: 6954239
• Report Number(s): DOE/OR/00033-T251; ON: DE87004590
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
FINANCING
MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
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