Download or read book Review of New York State Low Level Radioactive Waste Siting Process written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1996-08-30 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews the efforts of New York state to site a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility. It evaluates the nature, sources, and quality of the data, analyses, and procedures used by the New York State Siting Commission in its decisionmaking process, which identified five potential sites for low-level waste disposal. Finally, the committee offers a chapter highlighting the lessons in siting low-level radioactive waste facilities that can be learned from New York State's experience.

Download or read book Siting Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities written by Mary R. English and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1992-06-16 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many lament the difficulty of siting hazardous waste facilities that are intended to benefit the public at large but are locally unwanted. Many label local opposition as purely self-interested; as simply a function of the NIMBY (Not In My Backyard) syndrome. Drawing upon the experience of states trying to site new low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities, Mary English argues that we need to think harder and look deeper, to understand--and, possibly, solve--the siting dilemma. The 1980 Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act ushered in a new era in low-level radioactive waste disposal; one of vastly increased state responsibility. By a 1985 amendment, states were given until January 1993 to develop a new system of disposal facilities. English reviews the progress they have made, focusing on one difficulty: that of finding technically and socially acceptable sites. She then turns to issues concerning authority, trust, risk, and justice that help to shape the siting dilemma. This book is made highly readable by vivid examples drawn from recent efforts to site low-level waste disposal facilities. The volume will be a helpful resource to those in the public and private sectors who are immediately concerned with the siting of radioactive waste disposal facilities, hazardous waste facilities, solid waste landfills, incinerators, etc., as well as social scientists who are studying this problem.

Download or read book Nuclear Waste written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Decision making and Radioactive Waste Disposal written by Andrew Newman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Atomic Energy Agency estimates that nuclear power generation facilities produce about 200,000 cubic meters of low and intermediate-level waste each year. Vital medical procedures, industrial processes and basic science research also produce significant quantities of waste. All of this waste must be shielded from the population for extended periods of time. Finding suitable locations for disposal facilities is beset by two main problems: community responses to siting proposals are generally antagonistic and, as a result, governments have tended to be reactive in their policy-making. Decision-making and Radioactive Waste Disposal explores these issues utilizing a linear narrative case study approach that critically examines key stakeholder interactions in order to explain how siting decisions for low level waste disposal are made. Five countries are featured: the US, Australia, Spain, South Korea and Switzerland. This book seeks to establish an understanding of the political, economic, environmental, legal and social dimensions of siting across those countries. This valuable resource fills a gap in the literature and provides recommendations for future disposal facility siting efforts. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of environmental law, justice, management, politics, energy and security policy as well as decision-makers in government and industry.

Download or read book Study of Siting Criteria for Development of a Low level Radioactive Waste Facility written by Stefanie A. Brouwer and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pennsylvania Low level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility Proposed Siting Plan written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Geological and Hydrological Factors for Siting Hazardous Or Low level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities written by Richard C. Berg and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book DOE Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Practices written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Strategic Forces and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Siting of Near Surface Disposal Facilities written by International Atomic Energy Agency and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defines the site selection process and criteria for identifying suitable near surface disposal facilities. This guide provides guidelines for the siting process management and specifies the data needed to apply the relevant selection criteria. (Please note: this publication will be superseded by DS356)

Download or read book Low level Radioactive Waste written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Selection of Sites for Low level Radioactive Waste Disposal in Pennsylvania written by Pennsylvania. Bureau of Radiation Protection and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book New Jersey Low level Radioactive Waste Disposal Plan written by New Jersey Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility Siting Board and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Low Level Radioactive Wastes written by Dwayne E. Weigel and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2000-12 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Cold War drew to a close, the Dept. of Energy (DoE) shifted its focus from producing nuclear weapons to cleaning up the contaminated facilities where it had produced them. Over the next several decades, DoE expects to dispose of about 2.1 mill. cubic meters of low-level and mixed wastes where it operates disposal facilities. Concerned that DoE may not be managing and disposing of its wastes as cost-effectively as possible, this report reviews (1) the factors that influence DoE's decisions about the treat., storage, and disposal of wastes, and (2) DoE's costs to treat, store, and dispose of these wastes and the cost-effectiveness of DoE's disposal decisions.

Download or read book Developing a New York State Plan for Interim Management of Low level Radioactive Waste written by New York (State). Interagency Task Force on Interim Management of Low-Level Radioactive Waste and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Partnerships Under Pressure written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Low level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility Siting Methodology written by James W. Sewall Company and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Improving the Regulation and Management of Low Activity Radioactive Wastes written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-10-14 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Low-activity radioactive wastes include a broad spectrum of materials for which a regulatory patchwork has evolved over almost 60 years. These wastes present less of a radiation hazard than either spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste. Low-activity wastes, however, may produce potential radiation exposure at well above background levels and if not properly controlled may represent a significant chronic (and, in some cases, an acute) hazard. For some low-activity wastes the present system of controls may be overly restrictive, but it may result in the neglect of others that pose an equal or higher risk. The purpose of this interim report is to provide an overview of current low-activity waste regulations and management practices. Improving the Regulation and Management of Low-Activity Radioactive Wastes: Interim Report on Current Regulations, Inventories, and Practices identifies gaps and inconsistencies that suggest areas for improvements. The final report will assess options for improving the current practices and provide recommendations.