Nuclear waste cleanup technology and opportunities /

One of the largest, most complicated and expensive environmental problems in the United States is the cleanup of nuclear wastes. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has approximately 4,000 contaminated sites covering tens of thousands of acres and replete with contaminated hazardous or radioactive was...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Noyes, Robert
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Park Ridge, N.J., U.S.A. : Noyes Publications, �1995.
Subjects:
United States. > Department of Energy > Buildings.
United States. > Department of Energy
Radioactive waste sites > Cleanup > United States.
Nuclear weapons plants > Waste disposal > Environmental aspects > United States.
D�ep�ots de d�echets radioactifs > Nettoyage > �Etats-Unis.
Armes nucl�eaires > Usines > D�echets > �Elimination > Aspect de l'environnement > �Etats-Unis.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Power Resources > Nuclear.
Buildings
Nuclear weapons plants > Waste disposal > Environmental aspects
Radioactive waste sites > Cleanup
Radioactief afval.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 2. Nuclear Waste Categories
  • 3. Department of Energy Locations
  • 4. Other Locations
  • 5. Storage and Disposal
  • 6. Soils and Sediments
  • 7. Thermal Processes
  • 8. Radionuclides In Water
  • 9. Decontamination, Decommissioning, and Recycling
  • 10. Buried Waste
  • 11. Immobilization
  • 12. Mill Tailings
  • 13. High-Level Waste Treatment
  • 14. Mixed Waste Treatment
  • 15. Low-Level Waste Treatment
  • Appendix I. Department of Energy Long-Term (DOE) Expenditures
  • Appendix II. Department of Energy Addresses and Telephone Numbers
  • Appendix III. Foreign Nuclear Waste Management Organizations and Activities
  • Appendix IV. Acronyms.

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