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Research opportunities for managing the Department of Energy's transuranic and mixed wastes / Committee on Long-Term Research Needs for Managing Transuranic and Mixed Wastes at Department of Energy Sites, Board on Radioactive Waste Management, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Long-Term Research Needs for Managing Transuranic and Mixed Wastes at Department of Energy Sites.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Department of Energy.
- United States.
- Radioactive waste disposal--United States.
- Radioactive waste disposal.
- Mixed radioactive wastes--United States.
- Mixed radioactive wastes.
- Alpha-bearing wastes--United States.
- Alpha-bearing wastes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (130 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- About 155,000 cubic meters of waste contaminated with both radioactive isotopes and hazardous chemicals are stored at some 30 DOE sites, and another 450,000 cubic meters are buried. While DOE is making a concerted effort to properly dispose of this waste, the amount translates to a multi-decade effort that will require handling, characterizing, and shipping hundreds of thousands of waste containers at a total cost of billions of dollars. This report describes basic scientific research that can lead to new technologies for performing these tasks more safely and cost effectively.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Preface
- List of Report Reviewers
- Contents
- Executive Summary
- 1 Introduction, Background, and Task
- 2 Framing DOE'S Transuranic and Mixed Waste Challenges
- 3 Research Needs and Opportunities
- References
- A Overview of the Environmental Management Science Program and Pending Changes
- B The Transuranic and Mixed Waste Inventory
- C History of Alternatives to Incineration
- D Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
- E Presentations to the Committee
- F List of Acronyms.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-82).
- ISBN:
- 9786610183548
- 9780309168991
- 0309168996
- 9781280183546
- 1280183543
- 9780309500036
- 0309500036
- OCLC:
- 228041436
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