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Improving the scientific basis for managing DOE's excess nuclear material and spent nuclear fuel /

This study identifies research opportunities for storage, recycle, reuse, or disposal of nuclear materials and spent nuclear fuel. Most of the materials dealt with in this report have not been declared as waste.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council (U.S.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, 2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter
  • Preface
  • List of Report Reviewers
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • 1 Introduction, Background, and Task
  • 2 The Challenges of Managing DOE's Excess Nuclear Materials
  • 3 Plutonium-239
  • 4 Spent DOE Nuclear Fuel
  • 5 Cesium-137 and Strontium-90 Capsules
  • 6 Depleted Uranium
  • 7 The Higher Actinides
  • 8 Conclusions
  • References
  • Appendix A Nuclear Materials Production in the DOE Complex
  • Appendix B Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
  • Appendix C Presentations to the Committee
  • Appendix D List of Acronyms.