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

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, 2003.
Subjects:
United States. > Department of Energy.
United States. > Department of Energy
Spent reactor fuels > United States.
Radioactive wastes.
Combustibles nucléaires irradiés > États-Unis.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Power Resources > Nuclear.
Radioactive wastes
Spent reactor fuels
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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