[ RadSafe ] Low-level Radioactive Waste Management and Disposition: Proceedings of a Workshop (2017)

[Cary Renquist]

NAP published this a couple of weeks ago...

Low-level Radioactive Waste Management and Disposition: 
Proceedings of a Workshop (2017)
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Contributors
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Division on Earth and Life Studies; Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board; Planning Committee on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management and Disposition: A Workshop; Jennifer Heimberg, Rapporteur 
Description
The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (DOE) is responsible for the safe cleanup of sites used for nuclear weapons development and government-sponsored nuclear energy research. Low-level radioactive waste (LLW) is the most volumetrically significant waste stream generated by the DOE cleanup program. LLW is also generated through commercial activities such as nuclear power plant operations and medical treatments.

DOE asked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (National Academies) to 
organize this workshop to discuss approaches for the management and disposition of LLW. The 
workshop explored the following two issues:

  *  the key physical, chemical, and radiological characteristics of low-level waste that govern 
      its safe and secure management and disposal in aggregate and in individual waste streams, and
  *  how key characteristics of low level waste are incorporated into standards, orders, and 
      regulations that govern the management and disposal of LLW in the United States and in other major 
      waste-producing countries.

This proceedings provides a factual description of the workshop presentations and discussions and 
is limited to the views and opinions of those participating in the event.
discussions and is limited to the views and opinions of those participating in the event.

<https://www.nap.edu/catalog/24715/low-level-radioactive-waste-management-and-disposition-proceedings-of-a>


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Cary Renquist
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