Nuclear and Hazardous Waste Management

Contents: Preface. 1. Nuclear waste and its disposal. 2. Implications of Nuclear Waste Policy. 3. Compaction of low-level radioactive waste material. 4. Management issues in nuclear waste disposal. 5. Hazardous transfer. 6. Analysis and repository of nuclear waste testimony. 7. Technological policies and hazardous waste politics. 8. State role in hazardous waste disposal facilities. 9. Subsystem politics and the nuclear weapons complex. 10. Environmental policymaking under new federalism. 11. Pre-implementation planning and bureaucratic politics of nuclear waste. 12. FDI in hazardous industries. 13. Market-based and voluntary initiatives in cleaning production. 14. Prospects and acceptance of a high-level nuclear waste. Bibliography. Index.

"An introduction to nuclear waste, radioactive decay and radiation shielding calculations; management and disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste; low-level waste; transuranic waste; Uranium mill tailings; mixed waste; transportation of radioactive waste; decontamination and decommissioning of nuclear facilities; and environmental restoration. This book covers technical and regulatory aspects of waste management are presented. The discussion questions at the end of the book provide an opportunity to explore the many facets of waste management issues. The book incorporates references used in preparing this text, giving the reader an opportunity to look at historical records as well as current information." (jacket)