Managing Nuclear Waste: Options Considered

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Title: Managing Nuclear Waste: Options Considered

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Starting in the 1950s, U.S. scientists began to research ways to manage highly radioactive materials accumulating at power plants and other sites nationwide. Long-term surface storage of these materials poses significant potential health, safety, and environmental risks. Scientists studied a broad range of options for managing spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. The options included leaving it where it is, disposing of it in various ways, and making it safer through advanced technologies. International scientific consensus holds that these materials should eventually be disposed of deep underground in what is called a geologic repository. In a recent special report, the National Academy of Sciences summarized the various studies and emphasized that geologic disposal is ultimately necessary.

Authors:: DOE,

Publication Date:: 2002-05-02

Research Org.:: Yucca Mountain Project, Las Vegas, NV (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: US Department of Energy (US)

OSTI Identifier:: 808028

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Resource Relation:: Other Information: PBD: 2 May 2002

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; NUCLEAR FUELS; POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SAFETY; STORAGE

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