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Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project Waste Package Plan
The goal of the U.S. Department Of Energy's (DOE) Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project (YMP) waste package program is to develop, confirm the effectiveness of, and...

Gaseous Release of Carbon-14: Why the High Level Waste Regulations Should be Changed
The high-level nuclear waste regulations pertaining to gaseous release of carbon-14 from a repository should be changed to allow greater release, for several reasons. Some of them are...

Design and Operating Criteria of the French Deep Repository for High Level Radioactive Waste
The design and operating criteria of the French geologic repository for high level radioactive waste (HLW) were selected for their contribution to operational and long-term safety, as...

Microwave Application to TRU Wastes Conditioning System
Ceramic like wastes such as incinerated ash, thermal insulator, concrete, and soil and sand mostly being composed of a dielectric material, can be directly melted by microwave irradiation....

How Can we Deal with NIMBY in Nuclear Waste Management?
The effects of the NIMBY Syndrome on the siting of nuclear waste disposal facilities are described, and its causes are examined. The failure of traditional siting approaches and communications...

Developing an Education Program for Schools on Radioactive Waste Management
United Kingdom Nirex Limited is responsible for the development of a deep disposal facility for Britain's solid low and intermediate-level radioactive wastes. In line with...

Nagra's Information Strategy 1991
This paper discusses the acceptance problems faced by nagra, opinion research as a basis for action, the nagra message, transmission measures, communication levels, instruments of communication...

Communicating Confidence and Creating Credibility
To educate the general public and their opinion leaders in radioactive waste management is imperative to reach the decision where to site the Swedish repository for spent nuclear fuel....

Public Education, Public Confidence, and Public Acceptance of Radioactive Waste Management Facilities
This paper critically examines the conventional assumption that public opposition is a function of public illiteracy and emotionalism by reviewing recent articles on radioactive waste...

Lubrication Theory Analysis of the Permeability of Rough-Walled Fractures
Lubrication theory is used to study the permeability of rough-walled rock fractures. Two idealized models of a fracture, in which the roughness follows a sinusoidal or a sawtooth variation,...

Modelling of Hydro-Thermo-Mechanical Effects in a Fracture Intersecting a Nuclear Waste Deposition Hole
The groundwater flow in a vertical fracture intersecting a hypothetical nuclear waste deposition hole was examined. After excavation and emplacement of the nuclear waste canister, the...

Perspectives on Integrating the U.S. Radioactive Waste Disposal System
The waste management systems being developed and deployed by the DOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) is large, complex, decentralized, and long term. As a result,...

Management Systems Improvement Strategy for the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
To achieve the goal of permanent disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, the U. S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste...

A Case History of Successful Nuclear Power Plant Licensing
Statewide siting studies, site-selection, site characterization and receipt of a construction permit for the Palo Verde Project were accomplished in 50 months. This achievement was made...

Unintentional Stoppages of Trucks Hauling High-Level Nuclear Waste in Nevada
Any unintentional stoppage of trucks hauling high-level nuclear waste in Nevada could intensify public concerns about the negative impacts of the Yucca Mountain project. This paper provides...

Development of Rail Access to the Proposed Repository Site at Yucca Mountain
In accordance with the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987, Yucca Mountain was designated as the initial site to be investigated as a potential repository for the disposal of high-level...

Preliminary Feasibility Assessment of Several Spent Fuel Transfer/Storage Options Suitable for Early Deployment at an MRS
This paper provides (a) an overview of the range of feasible Monitored Retrievable Storage (MRS) facility transfer and storage configurations that are available to the U.S. Department...

Exclusion of Foreign Materials from the Savannah River Site (SRS) Canistered Waste Forms: Characterization of the Gas within the Free Volume
Glass-filled canisters, produced at the SRS Defense Waste Processing facility, must meet the Waste Acceptance Preliminary Specifications (WAPS) developed by DOE's Office of...

Economic and Technical Advantages of High-Temperature Processes in High-Level Radioactive Waste Management
The estimated waste management costs incurred for the three principal waste forms produced by reprocessing spent fuel are compared from a theoretical economic standpoint. The cost of vitrifying...

Perceived Risk, Real Risk: Scientific Inquiry and Public Concerns About Nuclear Waste Disposal
It is becoming clear that, if we are to solve our nuclear waste disposal problems, we will need to deal seriously with public concerns. Such concerns need to be addressed on their own...

 

 

 

 

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