The impact of low-level radioactive waste management policy on biomedical research in the United States / Committee on the Impact of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Policy on Biomedical Research in the United States, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Impact of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Policy on Biomedical Research in the United States.

Series:

Compass series (Washington, D.C.)

Compass series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radioactive wastes--Management--Government policy--United States.

Radioactive wastes.

Radioactive waste disposal--Government policy--United States.

Radioactive waste disposal.

Radioactive wastes--Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (66 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The National Research Council's Committee on the Impact of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Policy on Biomedical Research in the United States was called on to assess the effects of the low-level radioactive waste management policy on the current and future activities of biomedical research. This report provides an assessment of the effects of the current management policy for low-level radioactive waste (LLRW), and resulting consequences, such as higher LLRW disposal costs and onsite storage of LLRW, on the current and future activities of biomedical research. That assessment will include evaluating the effects that the lack of facilities and disposal capacity, and rules of disposal facilities, have on institutions conducting medical and biological research and on hospitals where radioisotopes are used for the diagnosis and treatment of disease.

Contents:

""The Impact of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Policy on Biomedical Research in the United States""; ""Copyright""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""1 INTRODUCTION""; ""BACKGROUND OF THIS REPORT""; ""BACKGROUND TO LLRW-MANAGEMENT POLICY""; ""A. Medicine""; ""Diagnosis""; ""Treatment""; ""B. Biomedical Research""; ""C. Nuclear Power Plants""; ""2 CHARACTERISTICS OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE""; ""3 CHALLENGES TO THE BIOMEDICAL INVESTIGATOR""; ""REGULATION""; ""DISPOSAL COST""; ""ACCESS TO DISPOSAL""; ""Legal Framework""

""Current Status of Disposal""""Testing the System: Closures of Barnwell""; ""Michigan""; ""North Carolina""; ""Barnwell Disposal Site Closure: 1994-1995""; ""Changes - Barnwell and Envirocare""; ""4 ADAPTATIONS AND WASTE MINIMIZATIONS""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""IMPROVED MANAGEMENT""; ""STORAGE PRACTICES""; ""TREATMENT PRACTICES""; ""LLRW DISPOSAL PRACTICES""; ""MINIMIZING THE USE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS""; ""USE OF NONRADIOLOGICAL MATERIALS""; ""5 CONCLUSIONS""; ""6 RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""APPENDIX A Cost Trade off Analysis""; ""REFERENCES""; ""GLOSSARY""; ""COMMITTEE BIOGRAPHIES""

""STUDY DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-48).

ISBN:

9786610184835

9780309183420

0309183421

9781280184833

1280184833

9780309565196

0309565197

OCLC:

697683476