Bøger af Board on Radioactive Waste Management

The National Academies' National Research Council undertook this study in response to a request from the Under Secretary of Energy to provide strategic advice on how the Department of Energy could improve its Environmental Quality R&D portfolio. The committee recommends that DOE develop strategic goals and objectives for its EQ business line that explicitly incorporate a more comprehensive, long-term view of its EQ responsibilities. For example, these goals and objectives should emphasize long-term stewardship and the importance of limiting contamination and materials management problems, including the generation of wastes and contaminated media, in ongoing and future DOE operations.

Disposition of radioactive wastes in a deep geological repository is a sound approach if it progresses through a stepwise decision-making process. This book, written for concerned citizens as well as policymakers, is sponsored by the US Department of Energy, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and waste management organizations in 8 other countries.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) manages sites across the nation that focus on research, design, and production of nuclear weapons and nuclear reactors for defense applications. This report addresses how DOE should incorporate risk into decisions about whether the nation should use alternatives to deep geologic disposal for some of these wastes.

To complement the knowledge on the physical aspects of radioactive waste disposal, this report identifies the socioeconomic and institutional; and policy issues that must be addressed in implementing the Nuclear Waste Policy Act. It also addresses site location, transportation modes, disposal schedules, regulatory systems, and more.