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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780008903321

Autore

Staff National Research Council

Titolo

Research Needs for High-level Waste Stored in Tanks and Bins at U.S. Department of Energy Sites [[electronic resource] ] : Environmental Management Science Program

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, : National Academies Press, 2001

ISBN

0-309-17045-1

0-309-51112-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (146 p.)

Collana

Compass series Research needs for high-level waste stored in tanks and bins at U.S. Department of Energy sites

Disciplina

622.48

Soggetti

Radioactive waste disposal -- United States

Radioactive waste sites -- United States

United States. -- Dept. of Energy. -- Environmental Management Science Program

Radioactive waste sites - United States

Radioactive waste disposal - United States

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Engineering & Applied Sciences

Environmental Engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""List of Report Reviewers""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Overview of HLW Challenges at DOE Sites""; ""3 Characterization""; ""4 Retrieval and Pretreatment""; ""5 Immobilization""; ""6 Tank Closure and Other Long-Term Issues""; ""7 EMSP Research Portfolio: Technological Risk and Desired Attributes""; ""8 Summary""; ""References""; ""Appendix A Interim Report""; ""Appendix B Analysis of the EMSP Research Portfolio""; ""Appendix C Spent Nuclear Fuel Issues""; ""Appendix D EMSP Overview and HLW Research Program""

""Appendix E Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""""Appendix F List of Presentations""; ""Appendix G""; ""Appendix H List of Acronyms""