End Points for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in Russia and the United States / Committee on End Points for Spent Nunclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in Russia and the United States, Board on Radioactive Waste Management, Division on Earth and Life Studies and Office for Central Europe and Eurasia, Development, Security and Cooperation, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on End Points for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in Russia and the United States.

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.) Board on Radioactive Waste Management., Content Provider.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radioactive waste disposal.

Radioactive waste disposal in the ground--Russia (Federation).

Radioactive waste disposal in the ground.

Spent reactor fuels--Storage.

Spent reactor fuels.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

End Points for spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in Russian and the United States provides an analysis of the management of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in Russia and the United States, describing inventories, comparing approaches, and assessing the end-point options for storage and disposal of materials and wastes. The authoring committee finds that despite differences in philosophy about nuclear fuel cycles, Russia and the United States need similar kinds of facilities and face similar challenges, although in Russia many of the problems are worse and funding is less available. This book contains recommendations for immediate and near-term actions, for example, protecting and stabilizing materials that are security and safety hazards, actions for the longer term, such as developing more interim storage capacity and studying effects of deep injection, and areas for collaboration.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Contents ""; ""Summary, 1""; ""1 Introduction, 13""; ""1.1 Definition of Terms, 14 ""; ""1.2 Background and Overview of the Challenges, 20""; ""1.3 Nuclear Fuel Cycles, 25 ""; ""2 Spent Nuclear Fuel and End Points, 31 ""; ""2.1 Spent Nuclear Fuel in the Russian Federation, 31 ""; ""2.2 Spent Nuclear Fuel in the United States, 38 ""; ""2.3 Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium, 48 ""; ""2.4 End Points, 50""; ""2.5 Fuel-Cycle Steps and End Points for Spent Nuclear Fuel, 52""; ""3 High-Level Radioactive Waste, 65""

""3.1 High-Level Radioactive Waste in the Russian Federation, 65""""3.2 High-Level Radioactive Waste in the United States, 75 ""; ""3.3 End Points for High-Level Radioactive Waste That Is Not Spent Nuclear Fuel, 80 ""; ""4 Conclusions and Recommendations, 88 ""; ""4.1 Problems that Require Immediate Attention and Prompt Action, 92""; ""4.2 Longer-Term Research, Development, and Implementation, 96""; ""4.3 Areas for Collaboration, 102""; ""References, 108""; ""Appendix A: Statement of Task, 117""; ""Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations, 119 ""

""Appendix C: Committee Member Biographies, 121 """"Appendix D: Presentations and Site Visits, 125 ""; ""Appendix E: Laws Governing Radioactive Waste of the United States and Russia""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780309168199

0309168198

9780309507189

0309507189

OCLC:

52856463