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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299833303321

Titolo

Radioactive Waste Engineering and Management / / edited by Shinya Nagasaki, Shinichi Nakayama

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tokyo : , : Springer Japan : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

4-431-55417-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (309 p.)

Collana

An Advanced Course in Nuclear Engineering, , 2195-3708

Disciplina

363.7289

Soggetti

Nuclear energy

Waste management

Medical physics

Radiation

Chemistry

Radiation - Safety measures

Radiation—Safety measures

Nuclear Energy

Waste Management/Waste Technology

Medical and Radiation Physics

Safety in Chemistry, Dangerous Goods

Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Radioactive Waste Management -- Generation and Characteristics of Radioactive Wastes -- Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities -- Clearance -- Radioactive Waste Treatment Technologies -- Radioactive Waste Disposal -- Performance Assessment of the Radioactive Waste Disposal System -- Appendix A: Derivation of Clearance Levels -- Appendix B: Solving Diffusion Equations and Advection–Dispersion Equations for Radioactive Materials -- Appendix C: Fundamentals of Chemical Equilibrium and Thermodynamics for Radioactive Waste Management.

Sommario/riassunto

This book describes essential and effective management for reliably ensuring public safety from radioactive wastes in Japan. This is the first



book to cover many aspects of wastes from the nuclear fuel cycle to research and medical use, allowing readers to understand the characterization, treatment and final disposal of generated wastes, performance assessment, institutional systems, and social issues such as intergenerational ethics. Exercises at the end of each chapter help to understand radioactive waste management in context.