Title:
Radioactive waste management
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Publication Information:
New York : Hemisphere Pub. Corp., 1990
ISBN:
9780891166665
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Summary
Summary
A complete overview of sources of radioactive waste, this book highlights the issues involved in safe transportation and decontamination as well as in decommissioning of nuclear facilities. It covers radioactive decay and radiation shielding calculations, management and disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high level-waste, low-level waste, transuranic waste, Uranium mill tailings, and mixed waste. It discusses technical and regulatory aspects of waste management and provides a look at historical record and its influence on current policy.
Table of Contents
Radiation sources and health effects |
spent fuel management |
high level waste management |
transuranic wastes |
low level waste management |
decontamination and decommissioning |
transportation |
advanced waste management techniques |