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| Title: | Nuclear Waste Research
: Siting, Technology & Treatment |
| Author: | Arnold P Lattefer (ed) |
| ISBN: | 160456184X : 9781604561845 |
| Illustrations: | tables & charts |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 180x260mm |
| Pages: | 262 |
| Weight: | .748 Kg. |
| Published: | Nova Science Publishers - May 2008 |
| List Price: | 85.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Nuclear power industries: THE ENVIRONMENT |
Radioactive wastes are waste types containing radioactive chemical elements that do not have a practical purpose. They are sometimes the products of a nuclear processes, such as nuclear fission. However, other industries not directly connected to the nuclear industry can produce large quantities of radioactive waste. For instance, over the past 20 years it is estimated that just the oil-producing endeavours of the US have accumulated 8 million tons of radioactive wastes. The majority of radioactive waste is "low-level waste", meaning it has low levels of radioactivity per mass or volume. This type of waste often consists of used protective clothing, which is only slightly contaminated but still dangerous in case of radioactive contamination of a human body through ingestion, inhalation, absorption, or injection. The issue of disposal methods for nuclear waste was one of the most pressing current problems the international nuclear industry faced when trying to establish a long term energy production plan, yet there was hope it could be safely solved. In the U.S., the DOE acknowledged much progress in addressing the waste problems of the industry, and successful remediation of some contaminated sites, yet also major uncertainties and sometimes complications and setbacks in handling the issue properly, cost effectively, and in the projected time frame. In other countries with lower ability or will to maintain environmental integrity the issue would be more problematic. This new book presents the latest research in the field.
Preface; New Magnesium Phosphate Glasses for High Level Nuclear Waste Immobilisation; Electrochemical Solidification of Radwastes in Single-crystalline Titanates; A Heated Electrode Test System for Studying Corrosion Behaviour of Alloy 22; Leaving Messages about our Radioactive Waste for Future Generations; Attitudes Towards Nuclear Waste and Siting Policy: Experts and the Public; Millimetre-Wave Monitoring for Nuclear Waste Vitrification; On Statistically Optimal Algorithms of Regulation of a Pulsed Reactor; Application of gas-cooled reactor technology to design of Accelerator Driven Systems for Nuclear Waste Transmutation; Argillite/Concrete and Argillite/Steel Interactions: Experience Gained from The Tournemire Underground Research Laboratory; Exploring the Earth's crust and mantle using self-descending, radiation-heated, probes and acoustic emission monitoring; Nuclear Waste Containment by Sol Gel Process; Shuttling from Applied to Fundamental Research: Developing Calixbiscrowns for Nuclear Waste Treatment and Elaboration of Nano-objects; Index
