Download or read book A Simple Analysis of Potential Radiological Exposure from Geological Disposal of Canada s Nuclear Fuel Waste written by Brian D. Amiro and published by Pinawa, Man. : Whiteshell Laboratories. This book was released on 1996 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Simple Analysis of Potential Radiological Exposure from Geological Disposal of Canada s Nuclear Fuel Waste electronic Resource written by Brian D. Amiro and published by Pinawa, Man. : Environmental Science Branch, Whiteshell Laboratories. This book was released on 1996 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Chemistry of Nuclear Fuel Waste Disposal written by Donald R. Wiles and published by Presses inter Polytechnique. This book was released on 2002 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume carefully describes the nature of radioactivity and of nuclear power and discusses in detail the management of radioactive waste by the multi-barrier system, but also takes an unusual approach to assessing the risks. Using knowledge of the chemical properties of the various radionuclides in spent fuel, this book follows each of the important radionuclides as it travels through the many barriers placed in its path. It turns out that only two radionuclides are able to reach the biosphere, and they arrive at the earth's surface only after many thousands of years. A careful analysis of the critical points of the disposal plant emphasizes site rejection criteria and other stages at which particular care must be taken, demonstrating how dangers can be anticipated and putting to rest the fear of nuclear fuel waste and its geological burial.
Download or read book Issues Related to the Construction and Operation of a Geological Disposal Facility for Nuclear Fuel Waste in Crystalline Rock written by Colin J. Allan and published by Pinawa, Man. : Whiteshell Laboratories. This book was released on 1997 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strategy and Methodology for Radioactive Waste Characterization written by International Atomic Energy Agency and published by IAEA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade significant progress has been achieved in the development of waste characterization and control procedures and equipment as a direct response to ever-increasing requirements for quality and reliability of information on waste characteristics. Failure in control procedures at any step can have important, adverse consequences and may result in producing waste packages which are not compliant with the waste acceptance criteria for disposal, thereby adversely impacting the repository. The information and guidance included in this publication corresponds to recent achievements and reflects the optimum approaches, thereby reducing the potential for error and enhancing the quality of the end product. -- Publisher's description.
Download or read book Nuclear Wastes written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1996-02-23 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disposal of radioactive waste from nuclear weapons production and power generation has caused public outcry and political consternation. Nuclear Wastes presents a critical review of some waste management and disposal alternatives to the current national policy of direct disposal of light water reactor spent fuel. The book offers clearcut conclusions for what the nation should do today and what solutions should be explored for tomorrow. The committee examines the currently used "once-through" fuel cycle versus different alternatives of separations and transmutation technology systems, by which hazardous radionuclides are converted to nuclides that are either stable or radioactive with short half-lives. The volume provides detailed findings and conclusions about the status and feasibility of plutonium extraction and more advanced separations technologies, as well as three principal transmutation concepts for commercial reactor spent fuel. The book discusses nuclear proliferation; the U.S. nuclear regulatory structure; issues of health, safety and transportation; the proposed sale of electrical energy as a means of paying for the transmutation system; and other key issues.
Download or read book The Necessity of Geologic Disposal written by R. Linden and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nuclear wastes are the radioactive byproducts of nuclear power generation, nuclear weapons production, and other uses of nuclear material. Experts from around the world agree that deep geologic disposal of nuclear waste in a mined repository is the most environmentally sound means of removing these potential sources of radiation from interaction with the biosphere. Of the 360 millirem of background radiation received annually by the average American, from both natural and man-made sources, less than 1 millirem results from the nuclear fuel cycle. Spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, destined for geologic disposal, are located at 126 sites in 39 states. The proposed repository site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, is far more isolated from the general population than any sites where these radioactive materials are presently located. Only solid forms of high-level wastes will be transported for disposal in a geologic repository. For more than 50 years, nuclear materials have been safely transported in North America, Europe, and Asia, without a single significant radiation release. Since the 1950s, select panels from the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council and interagency advisory groups, and international experts selected by the OECD/Nuclear Energy Agency, have examined the environmental, ethical, and intergenerational aspects of nuclear waste disposal, plus alternatives to geologic disposal. All have concluded that deep geologic disposal in a mined repository is clearly the preferred option. The concept of deep geologic disposal is based on the analogy to ore deposits, which are formed deep within the Earth's crust, commonly remain isolated from the biosphere for millions to billions of years, and are, generally, extremely difficult to detect. Before selecting the unsaturated tuffs at Yucca Mountain, DOE evaluated salt formations, basalts, and both crystalline and sedimentary rocks. Other nations generating nuclear power also plan to use deep geologic disposal, and are evaluating sites in granites, argillaceous rocks, and salt formations.
Download or read book Proceedings of the 1996 International Conference on Deep Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 1186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The hazards of generation III reactor fuel wastes written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the use of enriched uranium will lower the volume of radioactive waste, it will increase the amount of long-lived hazardous radionuclides contained in it, such as americium, curium and plutonium, when compared to the waste of the natural uranium fuel of CANDU reactors, for the same amount of energy produced. [...] The continuation of production of radioactive waste and the introduction of new forms of this waste call into question many of the assumptions of the NWMO's plan. [...] These approaches included disposing of the fuel in a deep geological repository in the Canadian Shied, storing the fuel at nuclear sites, and storing the fuel in a centralized storage site either above or below ground.1 After a three-year period of consulting the Canadian public and studying how to best reduce the risks posed by existing stockpiles of radioactive waste, the NWMO recommended the "A [...] It has been observed that the APM approach of the NWMO is the culmination of a series of public policy failures in efforts to site a geological repository, along with the declining support for nuclear projects.2 Support for the disposal of Canada's high-level radioactive waste in a deep geological repository was first declared in a joint statement of the federal and Ontario governments in 1974, fo [...] The public uproar caused by the revelation that diversion of spent nuclear fuel produced by Canadian nuclear technology had been used to construct an atomic bomb initiated revisions to Canada's nuclear proliferation policy and highlighted the risks of fuel waste.3 Previous to the joint statement by the two governments, AECL and the two provincial electricity utilities with radioactive waste at the.
Download or read book Nuclear Fuel Waste Management written by Reto Zach and published by Pinawa, Manitoba : Environmental Science Branch, Whiteshell Laboratories. This book was released on 1997 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report highlights many of the key achievements of the biosphere program in support of the development of the disposal concept for Canadian nuclear fuel waste, particularly those achievements related to the development of the BIOTRAC biosphere model and its supporting research. That model was used for the assessment and review of the disposal concept in an environmental impact statement (EIS). The report also treats highlights related to alternative models, external scientific/technical reviews, EIS feedback, and the international BIOMOVS model validation program. Furthermore, it highlights basic aspects of future modelling and research needs in relation to siting a disposal facility, taking into account feedback from the various reviews and the EIS. Appendices include listings of key staff involved, all the scientific/technical reports produced, contracts let to outside agencies, and issues raised during the EIS review.
Download or read book Disposal of Radioactive Waste written by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency. Performance Assessment Advisory Group and published by Nuclear Energy Agency, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ; Washington, D.C. : OECD Publications and Information Centre. This book was released on 1991 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Disposal of Canada s Nuclear Fuel Waste written by P. A. Davis and published by Pinawa, Man. : Whiteshell Laboratories. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Low level Radioactive Waste Repositories written by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report sets out the costs of operating disposal sites for LLW in OECD countries, as well as the factors that may affect the costs of sites being developed.
Download or read book Disposition of High Level Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-07-05 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focused attention by world leaders is needed to address the substantial challenges posed by disposal of spent nuclear fuel from reactors and high-level radioactive waste from processing such fuel. The biggest challenges in achieving safe and secure storage and permanent waste disposal are societal, although technical challenges remain. Disposition of radioactive wastes in a deep geological repository is a sound approach as long as it progresses through a stepwise decision-making process that takes advantage of technical advances, public participation, and international cooperation. Written for concerned citizens as well as policymakers, this book was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and waste management organizations in eight other countries.
Download or read book Analyse de Sc narios Pour L valuation de la Phase de Post fermeture Du Concept Canadien de Stockage Permanent Des D chets de Combustible Nucl aire written by B. W. Goodwin and published by Pinawa, Man. : Whiteshell Laboratories. This book was released on 1994 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Disposal of Canada s Nuclear Fuel Waste written by Bruce W. Goodwin and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Evaluation of the Environmental Impact Statement on Atomic Energy of Canada Limited s Concept for the Disposal of Canada s Nuclear Fuel Waste written by Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency. Scientific Review Group and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
