Main Title |
Nuclear alchemy gamble : an assessment of transmutation as a nuclear waste management strategy / |
Author |
Makhijani, Annie.
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Other Authors |
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Publisher |
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, |
Year Published |
2005 |
OCLC Number |
61232497 |
Subjects |
Radioactive waste disposal
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJBM |
TD898.M35 2000 |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
08/09/2005 |
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Collation |
217 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
Notes |
"May 12, 2005 web-posted version with modifications to Appendix B)"-- Cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-217). |
Contents Notes |
High-level waste and transmutation schemes -- Nuclear fuel cycle -- What is transmutation? -- Composition of high level waste -- Characteristics of the radionuclides considered for transmutation -- Transmutation as proposed solution -- Separation -- General description of separation processes -- Aqueous process -- Dry processes -- Overview of the programs by countries -- Health,safety and cost issues associated with separation -- Transmutation in critical reactors -- Types of fuels and targets -- Health and safety considerations relating to fuel fabrication of the transuranics -- Transmutation in LWRs -- Transmutation in fast reactors -- Transmutation in accelerators -- Accelerators --Separations -- Overview of spallation -- Types of fuels and coolants -- Sub-critical reactors -- Specific accelerator based research programs -- Implications -- The results of transmutation -- Reactor safety -- Cost -- Proliferation -- Environment, safety and health -- Nuclear fuel cycles -- Waste management -- Appendix A: Basics of nuclear physics -- Appendix B: Plutonium and uranium -- Appendix C: Basics of nuclear reactors -- Glossary. |