Radioactive waste repository licensing : synopsis of a symposium / / sponsored by the Board on Radioactive Waste Management

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1992
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (109 p.)
• Disciplina: 628.5
• Soggetto topico: Radioactive waste sites - Licenses - United States; Radioactive waste disposal - Law and legislation - United States; Radioactive waste disposal in the ground - United States; Radioactive waste sites - Licenses; Radioactive waste disposal - Law and legislation; Radioactive waste disposal in the ground
• Note generali: Based on papers presented at a symposium held in Sept. 1990.; "Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Radioactive Waste Repository Licensing -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Radioactive Waste Repository Licensing -- Introduction -- Background -- HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE IN GENERAL -- THE EPA ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARD - 40 CFR PART 191 -- THE COURT REMAND -- THE USNRC REGULATION - 10 CFR PART 60 -- The Symposium -- REACTIONS TO "RETHINKING HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL -- 40 CFR PART 191 -- PROBABILISTIC RELEASE STANDARDS VS. INDIVIDUAL DOSE LIMITS -- STRINGENCY OF THE STANDARD -- FLEXIBILITY -- THE LACK OF A TECHNICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE STANDARD AND THE REGULATION -- HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT ABROAD -- NEED FOR AN OVERALL PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY GOAL -- Appendix A Rethinking High-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal -- BOARD ON RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT -- Current Members -- Participating Former Members -- Current Staff -- Participating Former Staff -- Invited Guest Participants -- CONTENTS -- ABSTRACT -- SUMMARY -- Current U.S. Policy and Program -- Scientific Consensus on Geological Isolation -- Treatment of Uncertainty -- Modeling of Geological Processes -- Moral and Ethical Questions -- An Alternative Approach -- The Risk of Failing to Act -- INTRODUCTION -- The Origins and Purpose of This Document -- High-Level Waste in Context -- Radioactive Waste Management Policy -- FINDINGS -- The Limitations of Analysis -- Overview -- Uncertainty and Significant Risks -- Perceptions of Risk -- Moral and Value Issues -- Overview -- Three Issues of Equity -- Five Issues of Policy -- Modeling and Its Validity -- Overview -- Models and Modeling Problems -- Appropriate Uses for Geophysical Models -- Sources of Uncertainty in Geophysical Models -- Modeling Limitations-An Example -- Appropriate Objectives for Modeling -- Using Models to Reduce Uncertainty -- Supplements to Modeling -- Implications for Program Management. ; Strategic Planning -- Overview -- Policy Context -- Alternative Management Strategies -- The Elements of a More Flexible System -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- NOTES -- Appendix B 40 CFR Part 191 -- SUBCHAPTER F-RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS -- Part 190-Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Nuclear Power Operations -- Subpart A-General Provisions -- Subpart B-Environmental Standards for the Uranium Fuel Cycle -- Part 191-Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level and… -- Subpart A-Environmental Standards for Management and Storage -- Subpart B-Environmental Standards for Disposal -- Appendix C AGENDA -- Appendix D LIST OF SPEAKERS -- Appendix E REPORT on the review of PROPOSED ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL… -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- Appendix F List of Acronyms.
• Titolo autorizzato: Radioactive waste repository licensing
• ISBN: 1-280-20303-X; 9786610203031; 0-309-59793-5; 0-585-09976-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817607003321
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