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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819772703321

Titolo

Risk and decisions about disposition of transuranic and high-level radioactive waste / / Committee on Risk-Based Approaches for Disposition of Transuranic and High-Level Radioactive Waste ; Board on Radioactive Waste Management ; Division on Earth and Life Studies ; National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2005

ISBN

0-309-16527-X

0-309-54787-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Disciplina

363.72/89

Soggetti

Radioactive waste disposal - Risk assessment - United States

Radioactive waste sites - Cleanup

Radioactive waste disposal - United States

Radioactive wastes - Management

Radioactive wastes - Environmental aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-162).

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- List of Report Reviewers -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction and Background -- 2 Why Consider Flexibility in Disposal Options? -- 3 Exemption Process -- 4 A Risk-Informed Approach: Procedures and Criteria for Risk Assessment to Support an Exemption Process -- 5 Impediments to a Successful Application of the Risk-Informed Approach -- 6 Findings and Recommendations -- References -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Overview: Risk Assessment -- Appendix B Summary of Previous Studies and Programs Aimed at Incorporating Risk into DOE Environmental Management Decision Making -- Appendix C Information-Gathering Meetings -- Appendix D Glossary -- Appendix E Biographical Sketches of Committee Members.