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Nuclear waste management facilities : advances, environmental impacts, and future prospects /

Nuclear Waste Management Facilities: Advances, Environmental Impacts, and Future Prospects examines best practices and recent trends in improving nuclear safety and reducing the negative environmental impacts of nuclear waste.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rahman, Rehab O. Abdel
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Academic Press, 2024.
Subjects:
Radioactive wastes > Management.
Radioactive wastes > Storage.
Radioactive waste disposal.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front cover
  • Half title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • About the author
  • Rehab O. Abdel Rahman, PhD
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Part 1 Introduction to nuclear waste management sustainability
  • Chapter 1 Sustainability and environmental impacts of the nuclear industry
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Role of the nuclear industry in ensuring life sustainability
  • 1.2.1 Isotopes and life sustainability
  • 1.2.2 Fission energy and life sustainability
  • 1.2.3 Factors that affect the sustainability of nuclear technologies
  • 1.2.4 Spent fuel and radioactive wastes management: Multi-dimensional sustainability concerns
  • 1.3 Introduction to safety and environmental assessments
  • 1.3.1 Safety assessments
  • 1.3.2 Life cycle assessment
  • 1.3.3 Environmental impact assessment
  • 1.3.4 Strategic environmental assessment
  • 1.4 Nuclear energy sustainability assessments
  • 1.4.1 Case studies on the impacts of the nuclear energy consumption on the environment and economy
  • 1.4.2 Case study (6): Impacts of nuclear energy consumption on human well-being
  • 1.4.3 Case study (7): Comparative analysis of the French nuclear energy life cycle impacts
  • 1.5 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 2 Historical radioactive and nuclear waste management practices: Analysis and insights for the period 1940-1990s
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Overview of radioactive waste management practices in 1940-1960
  • 2.2.1 Maximum permissible levels
  • 2.2.2 Radioactive waste management, 1940-1960
  • 2.3 Development of the waste classification and categorization systems, 1940-1994
  • 2.3.1 Early institutional classification and categorization systems, 1940-1970
  • 2.3.2 Development of international classification and categorization system, 1970-1994
  • 2.4 Case studies on integrated liquid radioactive wastes management
  • 2.4.1 Chemical treatment technologies
  • 2.4.2 Evaporation technology
  • 2.4.3 Ion exchange/sorption technology
  • 2.4.4 HLW storage facilities
  • 2.5 Case studies on integrated solid radioactive wastes management practices, 1940-1970
  • 2.5.1 Compaction technology, 1950-1970
  • 2.5.2 Incineration technology, 1950-1970
  • 2.5.3 Storage of solid wastes
  • 2.5.4 Incidents associated bituminization of radioactive waste
  • 2.6 Historical radioactive waste disposal practices
  • 2.6.1 Case study (9): Atmospheric discharge, 1950-1956
  • 2.6.2 Case studies on marine disposal, 1940-1990
  • 2.6.3 Case studies on freshwater disposal, 1940-1960
  • 2.6.4 Case studies on land disposal
  • 2.7 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 3 Current approaches in managing nuclear wastes: Administrative requirements and technological advances
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Administrative requirements for spent fuel and radioactive waste management
  • 3.2.1 Legal framework
  • 3.2.2 National policy and strategy
  • 3.2.3 Licensing process