| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
New York, : Nova Science Publishers, 2009
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (61 p.)
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| Disciplina |
333.792/4153
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| Altri autori (Persone) |
BernsteinAlan N
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| Collana |
Novinka
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| Soggetto topico |
Reactor fuel reprocessing - Waste disposal - United States
Radioactive waste disposal - United States
Spent reactor fuels - Storage - United States
Radioactive waste repositories - United States
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| ISBN |
1-61324-956-X
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGYPARTNERSHIP -- GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGYPARTNERSHIP -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- RESULTS IN BRIEF -- BACKGROUND -- Materials in Spent Nuclear Fuel -- Technologies for Recycling Spent Nuclear Fuel -- DOE'S ORIGINAL ENGINEERING-SCALEAPPROACH WOULD MEET GNEP'SOBJECTIVES IF ADVANCED RECYCLINGTECHNOLOGIES ARE SUCCESSFULLYDEVELOPED -- Successful Development of Advanced RecyclingTechnologies Would Be an Initial Step toward GreatlyExtending the Capacity of a Geologic Repository -- Advanced Recycling Technologies Envisioned underDOE's Original Approach to GNEP Pose LowerProliferation Risks Than Existing Recycling Technologies -- Lack of Industry Participation Could Reduce theProspects for Commercialization and Widespread Use ofAdvanced Recycling Technologies -- DOE's Original Approach to GNEP Included Building aSeparate Engineering-Scale Reprocessing Plant beforeConducting R& -- D that Would Help in Designing the Plant -- The R& -- D Facility and Advanced Reactor Would EnableDOE to Develop the Advanced Recycling TechnologiesEnvisioned under Its Original Approach to GNEP -- DOE'S ACCELERATED APPROACH WOULDLIKELY RELY ON TECHNOLOGIES THAT FALLSHORT OF MEETING GNEP'S OBJECTIVES -- Two Other Industry Consortia Proposed to AddressGNEP's Objectives by Using Technologies That Are NotMature Enough for Commercial Deployment -- The Government Would Likely Bear Substantial Costsfor Commercial-Scale Recycling Facilities -- DOE Officials Recognize the Limitations of AcceleratingDeployment of Commercial-Scale Facilities but CiteOther Benefits -- CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVEACTION -- AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION -- List of Committees -- APPENDIX I.SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY -- APPENDIX II.DOE'S USE OF TECHNOLOGY READINESSLEVELS TO ASSESS THE MATURITY OF SPENTFUEL RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES -- INDEX.
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824269703321 |
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Global nuclear energy partnership [[electronic resource] /] / Alan N. Bernstein, editor