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Radioactive waste repository licensing : synopsis of a symposium / sponsored by the Board on Radioactive Waste Management.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Radioactive waste sites--Licenses--United States.
- Radioactive waste sites.
- Radioactive waste disposal--Law and legislation--United States.
- Radioactive waste disposal.
- Radioactive waste disposal in the ground--United States.
- Radioactive waste disposal in the ground.
- Radioactive waste sites--Licenses.
- Radioactive waste disposal--Law and legislation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (109 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1992.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book recounts the issues raised and the viewpoints aired at a recent symposium on repository licensing. It summarizes the problems surrounding the setting of an Environmental Protection Agency standard for the release of radionuclides and the regulatory problems inherent in meeting such a standard. Symposium participants came from a variety of federal agencies and advisory groups, state governments, public interest groups, engineering firms, national laboratories, and foreign and international organizations. The book illustrates the strong feeling in the radioactive waste disposal community that changes must be made if the United States is to fulfill its promise of safe management of current and future nuclear waste.
- Contents:
- Radioactive Waste Repository Licensing
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contents
- Radioactive Waste Repository Licensing
- Introduction
- Background
- HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE IN GENERAL
- THE EPA ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARD - 40 CFR PART 191
- THE COURT REMAND
- THE USNRC REGULATION - 10 CFR PART 60
- The Symposium
- REACTIONS TO "RETHINKING HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
- 40 CFR PART 191
- PROBABILISTIC RELEASE STANDARDS VS. INDIVIDUAL DOSE LIMITS
- STRINGENCY OF THE STANDARD
- FLEXIBILITY
- THE LACK OF A TECHNICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE STANDARD AND THE REGULATION
- HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT ABROAD
- NEED FOR AN OVERALL PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY GOAL
- Appendix A Rethinking High-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal
- BOARD ON RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
- Current Members
- Participating Former Members
- Current Staff
- Participating Former Staff
- Invited Guest Participants
- CONTENTS
- ABSTRACT
- SUMMARY
- Current U.S. Policy and Program
- Scientific Consensus on Geological Isolation
- Treatment of Uncertainty
- Modeling of Geological Processes
- Moral and Ethical Questions
- An Alternative Approach
- The Risk of Failing to Act
- INTRODUCTION
- The Origins and Purpose of This Document
- High-Level Waste in Context
- Radioactive Waste Management Policy
- FINDINGS
- The Limitations of Analysis
- Overview
- Uncertainty and Significant Risks
- Perceptions of Risk
- Moral and Value Issues
- Three Issues of Equity
- Five Issues of Policy
- Modeling and Its Validity
- Models and Modeling Problems
- Appropriate Uses for Geophysical Models
- Sources of Uncertainty in Geophysical Models
- Modeling Limitations-An Example
- Appropriate Objectives for Modeling
- Using Models to Reduce Uncertainty
- Supplements to Modeling
- Implications for Program Management.
- Strategic Planning
- Policy Context
- Alternative Management Strategies
- The Elements of a More Flexible System
- RECOMMENDATIONS
- NOTES
- Appendix B 40 CFR Part 191
- SUBCHAPTER F-RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS
- Part 190-Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Nuclear Power Operations
- Subpart A-General Provisions
- Subpart B-Environmental Standards for the Uranium Fuel Cycle
- Part 191-Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level and…
- Subpart A-Environmental Standards for Management and Storage
- Subpart B-Environmental Standards for Disposal
- Appendix C AGENDA
- Appendix D LIST OF SPEAKERS
- Appendix E REPORT on the review of PROPOSED ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL…
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- Appendix F List of Acronyms.
- Notes:
- Based on papers presented at a symposium held in Sept. 1990.
- "Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786610203031
- 9781280203039
- 128020303X
- 9780309597937
- 0309597935
- 9780585099767
- 0585099766
- OCLC:
- 647365974
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