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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789916103321

Titolo

Progress, challenges, and opportunities for converting U.S. and Russian research reactors [[electronic resource] ] : a workshop report / / National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2012

ISBN

0-309-25323-3

1-280-12351-6

9786613527370

0-309-25321-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (125 p.)

Disciplina

338.274932

Soggetti

Nuclear reactors - Former Soviet republics - Safety measures

Nuclear reactors - Risk assessment - Former Soviet republics

Highly enriched uranium - Storage - Safety measures

Nuclear reactors - United States - Safety measures

Nuclear reactors - Risk assessment - United States

Uranium

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"U.S. Committee on Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities for Converting U.S. and Russian Research Reactors from Highly Enriched to Low Enriched Uranium Fuel, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Division on Earth and Life Sciences, Russian Committee on Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities for Converting U.S. and Russian Research Reactors from Highly Enriched to Low Enriched Uranium Fuel, Russian Academy of Sciences."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Overview""; ""1 Introduction and Background""; ""2 Challenges and Opportunities Associated with Conversion""; ""3 Reactor Conversion Case Studies""; ""4 Managing Proliferation Risks and Maintaining Missions""; ""Appendix A: Symposium Agenda""; ""Appendix B: Committee and Staff Biographical Sketches""; ""Appendix C: Statement of Task""