Nuclear Wastes:

Technologies for Separations and Transmutation

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Publication Year:1996

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Committee on Separations Technology and Transmutation Systems, National Research Council
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Disposal of radioactive waste from nuclear weapons production and power generation has caused public outcry and political consternation. Nuclear Wastes presents a critical review of some waste management and disposal alternatives to the current national policy of direct disposal of ...
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FRONT MATTER	i-xviii	(skim)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY	1-10	(skim)
1 INTRODUCTION	11-20	(skim)
2 SUMMARIES OF S&T PROPOSALS AND RADIONUCLIDES RELEASE SCENARIOS IN REPOSITORY	21-36	(skim)
3 SEPARATIONS TECHNOLOGY	37-48	(skim)
4 TRANSMUTATION SYSTEMS	49-86	(skim)
5 DEFENSE WASTES	87-98	(skim)
6 ANALYSIS OF THE ISSUES	99-128	(skim)
APPENDIXES	129-130	(skim)
A STATEMENT OF WORK	131-132	(skim)
B LIST OF COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEE ACTIVITIES	133-134	(skim)
C BASE CASE ONCE-THROUGH URANIUM FUEL CYCLE FOR LIGHT-WATER REACTOR WITH GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORY	135-146	(skim)
D SEPARATIONS TECHNOLOGY	147-190	(skim)
E DEFENSE WASTES -- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	191-200	(skim)
F TRANSMUTATION CONCEPTS	201-314	(skim)
G EFFECTS ON REPOSITORY	315-354	(skim)
H NUCLEAR PROIFERATION ISSUES	355-382	(skim)
I HEALTH AND SAFETY	383-412	(skim)
J FUEL REPROCESSING ECONOMICS	413-446	(skim)
K SUMMARY OF INTERNATIONAL SEPARATIONS AND TRANSMUTATIONS ACTIVITIES	447-456	(skim)
L INTERIM REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SEPARATIONS TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSMUTATION SYSTEMS	457-474	(skim)
M BIOGRAPHIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON SEPARATIONS TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSMUTATION SYSTEMS	475-484	(skim)
N GLOSSARY OF TERMS	485-508	(skim)
O ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS	509-512	(skim)
P GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY	513-556	(skim)
INDEX	557-571	(skim)

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Disposal of radioactive waste from nuclear weapons production and power generation has caused public outcry and political consternation. Nuclear Wastes presents a critical review of some waste management and disposal alternatives to the current national policy of direct disposal of light water reactor spent fuel. The book offers clearcut conclusions for what the nation should do today and what solutions should be explored for tomorrow.

The committee examines the currently used "once-through" fuel cycle versus different alternatives of separations and transmutation technology systems, by which hazardous radionuclides are converted to nuclides that are either stable or radioactive with short half-lives. The volume provides detailed findings and conclusions about the status and feasibility of plutonium extraction and more advanced separations technologies, as well as three principal transmutation concepts for commercial reactor spent fuel.

The book discusses nuclear proliferation; the U.S. nuclear regulatory structure; issues of health, safety and transportation; the proposed sale of electrical energy as a means of paying for the transmutation system; and other key issues.

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