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Radioactive Waste Management Programmes in OECD/NEA Member Countries
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2006; US$ 63.00These fact sheets present the radioactive waste management programmes of 20 OECD/NEA member countries. They include information about the sources, types and quantities of waste as well as how and by whom they are managed. References for further information are also provided for each country. more...
Disposal of Radioactive Waste
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2006; US$ 42.00Germany is exploring a new approach towards the final management of its radioactive waste. This international workshop, held in Germany, attracted 65 participants from 13 countries. A little more than half of the participants were German stakeholders. During the workshop, invited speakers representing different groups of stakeholders commented on relevant... more...
Decision Making for Complex Socio-Technical Systems
Springer 2006; US$ 179.99Attempts to give a technically sound treatment of fundamental issues in long-term management and governance. This study proposes a combination of technical design issues, analysis methods and institutional backup in a dynamic procedure, and with involvement at all levels of political, commercial and social life. more...
Signs of Danger
University of Minnesota Press 2004; US$ 60.00Focusing on the government?s nuclear waste burial program in Carlsbad, New Mexico, Signs of Danger begins the urgent work of finding a new way of thinking about ecological threat in our time. The reflections at the center of this book?on memory, trauma, disaster, representation, and the virtual?offer invaluable insights into the interface of where... more...
Principles and Standards for the Disposal of Long-lived Radioactive Wastes
Elsevier Science 2003; US$ 200.00This handbook is concerned with developing principles and standards for the safe disposal of solid radioactive wastes by burial deep in the Earth's crust. Radioactive wastes have focussed thinking on long-term environmental protection issues in an unprecedented way. Consequently, the way in which principles and standards are set, and the thinking behind... more...
Geological Disposal of Radioactive Wastes and Natural Analogues
Elsevier Science 2000; US$ 150.00Many countries are currently exploring the option to dispose of highly radioactive solid wastes deep underground in purpose built, engineered repositories. A number of surface and shallow repositories for less radioactive wastes are already in operation. One of the challenges facing the nuclear industry is to demonstrate confidently that a repository... more...
Mine Wastes
Springer 2007; US$ 139.99Providing an overview of wastes accumulating at mine sites, this book emphasizes the characterization, prediction, monitoring, disposal and treatment as well as environmental impacts of problematic mine wastes. It includes case studies from around the world, end-of-chapter summaries, lists of resource materials and www sites for each waste type. more...
Nuclear Development Timing of High-level Waste Disposal
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2008; US$ 63.00This study identifies key factors influencing the timing of high-level waste (HLW) disposal and examines how social acceptability, technical soundness, environmental responsibility and economic feasibility impact on national strategies for HLW management and disposal. Based on case study analyses, it also presents the strategic approaches adopted in... more...
Nuclear Development Management of Recyclable Fissile and Fertile Materials
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2007; US$ 42.00Interest in nuclear energy continues to grow in many countries as a means to ensure security of energy supply and to limit greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector. In this context, recyclable materials constitute an asset for broadening the resource base for nuclear fuel supply, especially in medium- and long-term perspectives. This report provides... more...
Radioactive Waste Management
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2007; US$ 70.00The long-term safety of deep disposal of radioactive waste is strongly dependent on the performance of the geological setting. The geology fulfils important safety functions including isolating the waste from human contact or intrusion, providing a stable physical and chemical environment, insulating against external disturbances, and preventing... more...









