Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Impact of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Policy on Biomedical Research in the United States
  • Copyright
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • CONTENTS
  • EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • 1 INTRODUCTION
  • BACKGROUND OF THIS REPORT
  • BACKGROUND TO LLRW-MANAGEMENT POLICY
  • A. Medicine
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • B. Biomedical Research
  • C. Nuclear Power Plants
  • 2 CHARACTERISTICS OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE
  • 3 CHALLENGES TO THE BIOMEDICAL INVESTIGATOR
  • REGULATION
  • DISPOSAL COST
  • ACCESS TO DISPOSAL
  • Legal Framework
  • Current Status of DisposalTesting the System: Closures of Barnwell
  • Michigan
  • North Carolina
  • Barnwell Disposal Site Closure: 1994-1995
  • Changes
  • Barnwell and Envirocare
  • 4 ADAPTATIONS AND WASTE MINIMIZATIONS
  • OVERVIEW
  • IMPROVED MANAGEMENT
  • STORAGE PRACTICES
  • TREATMENT PRACTICES
  • LLRW DISPOSAL PRACTICES
  • MINIMIZING THE USE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
  • USE OF NONRADIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
  • 5 CONCLUSIONS
  • 6 RECOMMENDATIONS
  • APPENDIX A Cost Trade off Analysis
  • REFERENCES
  • GLOSSARY
  • COMMITTEE BIOGRAPHIES