Waste forms technology and performance : final report / National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.).

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refuse and refuse disposal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) is responsible for cleaning up radioactive waste and environmental contamination resulting from five decades of nuclear weapons production and testing. A major focus of this program involves the retrieval, processing, and immobilization of waste into stable, solid waste forms for disposal. Waste Forms Technology and Performance, a report requested by DOE-EM, examines requirements for waste form technology and performance in the cleanup program. The report provides information to DOE-EM to support improvements in methods for processing waste and selecting and fabricating waste forms. Waste forms technology and performance places particular emphasis on processing technologies for high-level radioactive waste, DOE's most expensive and arguably most difficult cleanup challenge. The report's key messages are presented in ten findings and one recommendation."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Findings and Recommendations""; ""2 Background and Study Task""; ""3 Waste Forms""; ""4 Waste Processing and Waste Form Production""; ""5 Waste Form Testing""; ""6 Waste Forms and Disposal Environments""; ""7 Waste Form Performance in Disposal Systems""; ""8 Legal and Regulatory Factors for Waste Form Performance""; ""9 Possible Opportunities in Waste Form Science and Technology""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""

""Appendix B: Workshop on Waste Form Technology and Performance""""Appendix C: Interim Report""; ""Appendix D: Glossary""; ""Appendix E: Acronyms""

Notes:

"Committee on Waste Forms Technology and Performance, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Division of Earth and Life Studies."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-309-22497-7

1-283-25346-1

9786613253460

0-309-18734-6

OCLC:

923284093