Radioactive Waste Management 2000 Challenges, Solutions and Opportunities

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• ISBN13: 9781860582769
• ISBN10: 1860582761
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-03-30
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

The papers in this volume have been written and brought together by a group of experts, each of whom deals with radioactive waste management on a daily basis, as well as having the deep knowledge and level of expertise that only industry insiders can achieve. Topics covered here include: treatment issues; waste mangement practice; transport and storage; and environment and regulations.

Author Biography

The IMechE is the United Kingdom's qualifying body for mechanical engineers and the home of mechanical engineers for over 150 years. Around 75,000 engineers world-wide are members.

Table of Contents

Treatment Issues
C584/004/2000 The new Dounreay low-level liquid effluent treatment plant	p. 3
C584/006/2000 The disposal of a radioactive cell	p. 21
C584/015/2000 Technical and operational risk management strategies for the Sellafield Drypac Plant (SDP)	p. 31
Waste Management Practice
C584/026/2000 Radiation inheritance of Russian nuclear fleet and ecological safety problems relating to utilization of nuclear submarines and rehabilitation of other facilities in the Navy	p. 43
C584/001/2000 Decontamination and waste minimization techniques in nuclear decommissioning	p. 47
C584/022/2000 Transuranic waste management at Los Alamos National Laboratory	p. 57
C584/025/2000 Disposition of Russian nuclear submarines--outlines of the concept and implementation problems	p. 67
C584/009/2000 Management of accumulated operational wastes at BNFL's decommissioning reactor sites	p. 73
Transport and Storage
C584/013/2000 Transportation of spent fuel in Japan	p. 85
C584/032/2000 Engineering considerations associated with plant used for storage of intermediate level waste--a regulator's view	p. 95
C584/018/2000 The packaging of waste for safe long-term management	p. 105
C584/014/2000 Independent monitoring of solid low-level radioactive waste disposals in the UK	p. 117
C584/016/2000 Round robin test for the non-destructive assay of 220 litre radioactive waste packages	p. 129
C584/002/2000 The feasibility of surface storage for high-level waste	p. 141
Environmental and Regulation
C584/012/2000 Application of in-line monitoring to waste minimization during soil remediation	p. 153
C584/017/2000 Contained water management within the Chernobyl 'shelter object'	p. 161
C584/020/2000 ALARP as applied to high-level waste--the regulatory approach at Sellafield	p. 171
C584/027/2000 Radiation safety problems arising with damaged nuclear submarines utilization	p. 183
C584/010/2000 Experience in nuclear decommissioning and waste management	p. 191
C584/019/2000 Disposal of radioactive waste--a puzzle in four dimensions	p. 201
Authors' Index	p. 211
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