End Points for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in Russia and the United States

National Research Council of the National Academies, Board of Radioactive Waste Management Division of Earth and Life Studies and Office for Central Europe and Eurasia Development, Security, and Cooperation Policy and Global Affairs, Committee on End Points for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in Russia and the United States

ISBN 10: 0309087244 / ISBN 13: 9780309087247

Published by The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2003

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xv, [1], 137, [1] pages. Erratum slip laid in. Footnotes. Figures. Tables. Includes Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Reviewers; Summary; Spent Nuclear Fuel and End Points; High-Level Radioactive Waste; and Conclusions and Recommendations. Also contains References, as well as Appendixes Covering Statement of Task; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Committee Member Biographies; Presentations and Site Visits; and Laws Governing Radioactive Waste of the United States and Russia. This study, requested by the U.S. Department of Energy, provides a scientific and technical analysis of the management of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in Russia and the United States, and describes inventories, compares the approaches taken in the two countries, and addresses the end-point options for interim and long-term storage of materials and wastes and for permanent disposal of wastes. An end point for spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste is a stable, safe, and secure disposition of the material that can be sustained. The objective of this study was to provide an analysis of the management of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in Russia, and to provide a scientific/technical assessment of the end points for this material, including options for other interim storage and permanent disposal. End Points for spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in Russian and the United States provides an analysis of the management of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in Russia and the United States, describing inventories, comparing approaches, and assessing the end-point options for storage and disposal of materials and wastes. The authoring committee finds that despite differences in philosophy about nuclear fuel cycles, Russia and the United States need similar kinds of facilities and face similar challenges, although in Russia many of the problems are worse and funding is less available. This book contains recommendations for immediate and near-term actions, for example, protecting and stabilizing materials that are security and safety hazards, actions for the longer term, such as developing more interim storage capacity and studying effects of deep injection, and areas for collaboration.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: End Points for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in Russia and the United States
• Publisher: The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C.
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309087244
• ISBN 13: 9780309087247
• Binding: Trade paperback
• Edition: Presumed First Edition, First printing.
• Condition: Very good

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Synopsis

End Points for spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in Russian and the United States provides an analysis of the management of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in Russia and the United States, describing inventories, comparing approaches, and assessing the end-point options for storage and disposal of materials and wastes. The authoring committee finds that despite differences in philosophy about nuclear fuel cycles, Russia and the United States need similar kinds of facilities and face similar challenges, although in Russia many of the problems are worse and funding is less available. This book contains recommendations for immediate and near-term actions, for example, protecting and stabilizing materials that are security and safety hazards, actions for the longer term, such as developing more interim storage capacity and studying effects of deep injection, and areas for collaboration.

About the Author

Committee on End Points for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in Russia and the United States, Office for Central Europe and Eurasia Development, Security, and Cooperation, National Research Council