Status of the Department of Energy program to develop a permanent geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada : hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, June 23, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii, 165 p.) |
Soggetto topico |
Radioactive waste disposal in the ground - Standards - Nevada - Yucca Mountain
Radioactive waste disposal in the ground - Nevada - Yucca Mountain - Safety measures Radioactive waste disposal in the ground - Environmental aspects - Nevada - Yucca Mountain |
Soggetto non controllato |
United States
Radioactive waste disposal Political science Technology & engineering Science |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Status of the Department of Energy Program to Develop a Permanent Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910689479203321 |
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Technical bases for Yucca Mountain standards [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards, Board on Radioactive Waste Management, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (222 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.72/8962/09793 |
Soggetto topico |
Radioactive waste disposal in the ground - Standards - Nevada - Yucca Mountain
Radioactive waste disposal in the ground - Nevada - Yucca Mountain - Safety measures Radioactive waste disposal in the ground - Health aspects - Nevada - Yucca Mountain Radioactive waste disposal in the ground - Environmental aspects - Nevada - Yucca Mountain |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-19305-0
9786610193059 0-309-58818-9 0-585-02020-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards""; ""Copyright""; ""PREFACE""; ""Contents""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""PROTECTING HUMAN HEALTH""; ""Elements of the Standard""; ""Protection of the General Public""; ""ASSESSING COMPLIANCE""; ""Physical and Geologic Processes""; ""Exposure Scenarios""; ""HUMAN INTRUSION""; ""IMPLICATIONS OF OUR CONCLUSIONS""; ""Limits of the Scientific Basis""; ""Technology-Based Standards""; ""Administrative Consequences""; ""1 INTRODUCTION ""; ""SCOPE OF THE STUDY""; ""BACKGROUND AND APPROACH""; ""The Repository System""
""Issues to Be Considered in Approaching the Study""""Large but improbable doses""; ""Demonstration of compliance""; ""Fundamental vs. derived standards""; ""Time scale""; ""Choices Affecting the Bases of the Standard""; ""2 PROTECTING HUMAN HEALTH ""; ""THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF IONIZING RADIATION""; ""DEVELOPMENT OF RADIATION PROTECTION STANDARDS""; ""General Consensus in Radiation Protection Principles and Standards""; ""THE FORM OF THE STANDARD""; ""ELEMENTS OF AN INDIVIDUAL-RISK STANDARD""; ""What Level of Protection?""; ""Who Is Protected?""; ""For How Long?"" ""PROTECTING THE GENERAL PUBLIC""""PROTECTING THE GLOBAL POPULATION""; ""NEGLIGIBLE INCREMENTAL RISK""; ""PROTECTING LOCAL POPULATIONS""; ""Population-Risk Standard""; ""Spatial Gradient in Risk""; ""PREFERRED FORM OF THE STANDARD""; ""3 ASSESSING COMPLIANCE ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PART I: OVERVIEW OF PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT""; ""Reasonable Confidence""; ""Time scale""; ""Probabilistic Analysis of Risk""; ""QUANTITATIVE CALCULATION OF REPOSITORY PERFORMANCE""; ""Elements of Performance Assessment""; ""Conceptual model""; ""Mathematical model""; ""Numerical analysis""; ""Model parameters"" ""Boundary conditions""""Treatment of Uncertainty""; ""Probabilistic modeling""; ""Bounding estimates""; ""Alternative conceptual models""; ""Summary""; ""PATHWAYS AND PROCESSES FOR PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN""; ""PART II: EARTH SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FACTORS IN PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN""; ""Transport Among Reservoirs""; ""Release from the waste form""; ""Transport from canisters to the near-field unsaturated zone""; ""Gas phase transport from the unsaturated zone to the atmosphere above Yucca Mountain"" ""Atmospheric circulation leading to dispersal of gaseous radionuclides in the world atmosphere""""Aqueous phase transport from the unsaturated zone to the water table""; ""Gradual and Episodic Natural Modifiers""; ""Climate change""; ""Seismicity""; ""Volcanism""; ""PART III: EXPOSURE SCENARIOS IN PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT""; ""Selection of Exposure Scenarios for Performance Assessment Calculations""; ""Exclusion Zone""; ""4 HUMAN INTRUSION AND INSTITUTIONAL CONTROLS ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""The Consequences of Intrusion""; ""Technical basis""; ""Consequence-based analysis"" ""ADDITIONAL BASES FOR OUR RECOMMENDATION"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456095903321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1995 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Technical bases for Yucca Mountain standards [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards, Board on Radioactive Waste Management, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (222 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.72/8962/09793 |
Soggetto topico |
Radioactive waste disposal in the ground - Standards - Nevada - Yucca Mountain
Radioactive waste disposal in the ground - Nevada - Yucca Mountain - Safety measures Radioactive waste disposal in the ground - Health aspects - Nevada - Yucca Mountain Radioactive waste disposal in the ground - Environmental aspects - Nevada - Yucca Mountain |
ISBN |
0-309-17633-6
1-280-19305-0 9786610193059 0-309-58818-9 0-585-02020-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards""; ""Copyright""; ""PREFACE""; ""Contents""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""PROTECTING HUMAN HEALTH""; ""Elements of the Standard""; ""Protection of the General Public""; ""ASSESSING COMPLIANCE""; ""Physical and Geologic Processes""; ""Exposure Scenarios""; ""HUMAN INTRUSION""; ""IMPLICATIONS OF OUR CONCLUSIONS""; ""Limits of the Scientific Basis""; ""Technology-Based Standards""; ""Administrative Consequences""; ""1 INTRODUCTION ""; ""SCOPE OF THE STUDY""; ""BACKGROUND AND APPROACH""; ""The Repository System""
""Issues to Be Considered in Approaching the Study""""Large but improbable doses""; ""Demonstration of compliance""; ""Fundamental vs. derived standards""; ""Time scale""; ""Choices Affecting the Bases of the Standard""; ""2 PROTECTING HUMAN HEALTH ""; ""THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF IONIZING RADIATION""; ""DEVELOPMENT OF RADIATION PROTECTION STANDARDS""; ""General Consensus in Radiation Protection Principles and Standards""; ""THE FORM OF THE STANDARD""; ""ELEMENTS OF AN INDIVIDUAL-RISK STANDARD""; ""What Level of Protection?""; ""Who Is Protected?""; ""For How Long?"" ""PROTECTING THE GENERAL PUBLIC""""PROTECTING THE GLOBAL POPULATION""; ""NEGLIGIBLE INCREMENTAL RISK""; ""PROTECTING LOCAL POPULATIONS""; ""Population-Risk Standard""; ""Spatial Gradient in Risk""; ""PREFERRED FORM OF THE STANDARD""; ""3 ASSESSING COMPLIANCE ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PART I: OVERVIEW OF PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT""; ""Reasonable Confidence""; ""Time scale""; ""Probabilistic Analysis of Risk""; ""QUANTITATIVE CALCULATION OF REPOSITORY PERFORMANCE""; ""Elements of Performance Assessment""; ""Conceptual model""; ""Mathematical model""; ""Numerical analysis""; ""Model parameters"" ""Boundary conditions""""Treatment of Uncertainty""; ""Probabilistic modeling""; ""Bounding estimates""; ""Alternative conceptual models""; ""Summary""; ""PATHWAYS AND PROCESSES FOR PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN""; ""PART II: EARTH SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FACTORS IN PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN""; ""Transport Among Reservoirs""; ""Release from the waste form""; ""Transport from canisters to the near-field unsaturated zone""; ""Gas phase transport from the unsaturated zone to the atmosphere above Yucca Mountain"" ""Atmospheric circulation leading to dispersal of gaseous radionuclides in the world atmosphere""""Aqueous phase transport from the unsaturated zone to the water table""; ""Gradual and Episodic Natural Modifiers""; ""Climate change""; ""Seismicity""; ""Volcanism""; ""PART III: EXPOSURE SCENARIOS IN PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT""; ""Selection of Exposure Scenarios for Performance Assessment Calculations""; ""Exclusion Zone""; ""4 HUMAN INTRUSION AND INSTITUTIONAL CONTROLS ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""The Consequences of Intrusion""; ""Technical basis""; ""Consequence-based analysis"" ""ADDITIONAL BASES FOR OUR RECOMMENDATION"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778662203321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1995 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Technical bases for Yucca Mountain standards / / Committee on Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards, Board on Radioactive Waste Management, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (222 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.72/8962/09793 |
Soggetto topico |
Radioactive waste disposal in the ground - Standards - Nevada - Yucca Mountain
Radioactive waste disposal in the ground - Nevada - Yucca Mountain - Safety measures Radioactive waste disposal in the ground - Health aspects - Nevada - Yucca Mountain Radioactive waste disposal in the ground - Environmental aspects - Nevada - Yucca Mountain |
ISBN |
0-309-17633-6
1-280-19305-0 9786610193059 0-309-58818-9 0-585-02020-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards""; ""Copyright""; ""PREFACE""; ""Contents""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""PROTECTING HUMAN HEALTH""; ""Elements of the Standard""; ""Protection of the General Public""; ""ASSESSING COMPLIANCE""; ""Physical and Geologic Processes""; ""Exposure Scenarios""; ""HUMAN INTRUSION""; ""IMPLICATIONS OF OUR CONCLUSIONS""; ""Limits of the Scientific Basis""; ""Technology-Based Standards""; ""Administrative Consequences""; ""1 INTRODUCTION ""; ""SCOPE OF THE STUDY""; ""BACKGROUND AND APPROACH""; ""The Repository System""
""Issues to Be Considered in Approaching the Study""""Large but improbable doses""; ""Demonstration of compliance""; ""Fundamental vs. derived standards""; ""Time scale""; ""Choices Affecting the Bases of the Standard""; ""2 PROTECTING HUMAN HEALTH ""; ""THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF IONIZING RADIATION""; ""DEVELOPMENT OF RADIATION PROTECTION STANDARDS""; ""General Consensus in Radiation Protection Principles and Standards""; ""THE FORM OF THE STANDARD""; ""ELEMENTS OF AN INDIVIDUAL-RISK STANDARD""; ""What Level of Protection?""; ""Who Is Protected?""; ""For How Long?"" ""PROTECTING THE GENERAL PUBLIC""""PROTECTING THE GLOBAL POPULATION""; ""NEGLIGIBLE INCREMENTAL RISK""; ""PROTECTING LOCAL POPULATIONS""; ""Population-Risk Standard""; ""Spatial Gradient in Risk""; ""PREFERRED FORM OF THE STANDARD""; ""3 ASSESSING COMPLIANCE ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PART I: OVERVIEW OF PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT""; ""Reasonable Confidence""; ""Time scale""; ""Probabilistic Analysis of Risk""; ""QUANTITATIVE CALCULATION OF REPOSITORY PERFORMANCE""; ""Elements of Performance Assessment""; ""Conceptual model""; ""Mathematical model""; ""Numerical analysis""; ""Model parameters"" ""Boundary conditions""""Treatment of Uncertainty""; ""Probabilistic modeling""; ""Bounding estimates""; ""Alternative conceptual models""; ""Summary""; ""PATHWAYS AND PROCESSES FOR PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN""; ""PART II: EARTH SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FACTORS IN PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN""; ""Transport Among Reservoirs""; ""Release from the waste form""; ""Transport from canisters to the near-field unsaturated zone""; ""Gas phase transport from the unsaturated zone to the atmosphere above Yucca Mountain"" ""Atmospheric circulation leading to dispersal of gaseous radionuclides in the world atmosphere""""Aqueous phase transport from the unsaturated zone to the water table""; ""Gradual and Episodic Natural Modifiers""; ""Climate change""; ""Seismicity""; ""Volcanism""; ""PART III: EXPOSURE SCENARIOS IN PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT""; ""Selection of Exposure Scenarios for Performance Assessment Calculations""; ""Exclusion Zone""; ""4 HUMAN INTRUSION AND INSTITUTIONAL CONTROLS ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""The Consequences of Intrusion""; ""Technical basis""; ""Consequence-based analysis"" ""ADDITIONAL BASES FOR OUR RECOMMENDATION"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828404203321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1995 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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