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Author :Committee on Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards Publisher :National Academies Press ISBN 13 :0309588189 Total Pages :222 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (95 download)
Book Synopsis Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards by : Committee on Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards
Download or read book Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards written by Committee on Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1995-08-11 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States currently has no place to dispose of the high-level radioactive waste resulting from the production of the nuclear weapons and the operation of nuclear electronic power plants. The only option under formal consideration at this time is to place the waste in an underground geologic repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. However, there is strong public debate about whether such a repository could protect humans from the radioactive waste that will be dangerous for many thousands of years. This book shows the extent to which our scientific knowledge can guide the federal government in developing a standard to protect the health of the public from wastes in such a repository at Yucca Mountain. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is required to use the recommendations presented in this book as it develops its standard.
Book Synopsis Yucca Mountain Licensing Standard Options for Very Long Time Frames by : Electric Power Research Institute
Download or read book Yucca Mountain Licensing Standard Options for Very Long Time Frames written by Electric Power Research Institute and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Preliminary Performance-Baes Analysis Relevant to Dose-Based Performance Measures for a Proposed Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain by : U.s. Nuclear Regulatory Comion
Download or read book Preliminary Performance-Baes Analysis Relevant to Dose-Based Performance Measures for a Proposed Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain written by U.s. Nuclear Regulatory Comion and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Academy of Sciences' Committee on Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards recommended that standards for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain should 1. set a limit on the risk of individuals, 2. use the critical group approach, as defined by the international Commission on Radiological Protection; 3. define the critical group using present knowledge and cautious, reasonable assumptions; 4. use a time period for conducting compliance assessment that includes the period of greatest risk; and 5. use a stylized calculation to assess whether the repository's performance would be substantially degraded as a consequence of a postulated intrusion.
Download or read book Yucca Mountain Project written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Uncertainty Underground by : Allison Macfarlane
Download or read book Uncertainty Underground written by Allison Macfarlane and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experts from science, industry, and government discuss the unresolved scientific and technical issues surrounding the Yucca Mountain site as a geologic repository for high-level nuclear waste.
Author :United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Radiation and Indoor Air Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages : pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (515 download)
Book Synopsis Yucca Mountain Standards by : United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Radiation and Indoor Air
Download or read book Yucca Mountain Standards written by United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Radiation and Indoor Air and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States Department of Energy. Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :34 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Yucca Mountain Science and Engineering Report : Technical Information Supporting Site Recommendation Consideration ; Executive Summary by : United States Department of Energy. Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
Download or read book Yucca Mountain Science and Engineering Report : Technical Information Supporting Site Recommendation Consideration ; Executive Summary written by United States Department of Energy. Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada by :
Download or read book Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued radiation protection standards for the potential spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste disposal system in Yucca Mountain, Nevada. These standards are found in Part 197 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR Part 197). The Energy Policy Act of 1992 directed, and gave the authority to, EPA to take this action based upon input from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). The final standards were published in the Federal Register (66 FR 32073) on 13 June 2001. The 40 CFR Part 197 standards have four major parts: (1) individual-protection during storage activities; (2) individual-protection following closure of the repository; (3) human-intrusion; and (4) ground-water protection. The storage standard is 150 microsieverts (Sv) annual committed effective dose equivalent (CEDE) to any member of the general public. The disposal standards are: (1) 150 Sv annual CEDE for the reasonably maximally exposed individual (RMEI) for 10,000 years after disposal; (2) 150 Sv received by the RMEI within 10,000 years after disposal as a result of human intrusion; and (3) the levels of radionuclides in the ground water cannot exceed 40 Sv from beta and gamma emitters, 5 picocuries per liter (pCi/L) of radium-226 and -228, and 15 pCi/L of gross alpha activity. There are also requirements related to the post-10,000-year period, the basis of compliance judgments, and performance assessments. The Agency has published its responses to the comments received, its technical background document, and its economic impact analysis. In addition to printed form, the documents are available on the World Wide Web at http://www.epa.gov/radiation/yucca/index.html.
Download or read book About a Mountain written by John D'Agata and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-02-07 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named One of the 100 Best Nonfiction Books Written by the New York Times Magazine, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, and a New York Times Editors' Choice. When John D'Agata helps his mother move to Las Vegas one summer, he begins to follow a story about the federal government's plan to store nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain; the result is a startling portrait that compels a reexamination of the future of human life.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy and Environment Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :1436 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Reexamining the Scientific Basis for the Linear No-threshold Model of Low-dose Radiation by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy and Environment
Download or read book Reexamining the Scientific Basis for the Linear No-threshold Model of Low-dose Radiation written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy and Environment and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 1436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Nuclear Wastes by : National Research Council
Download or read book Nuclear Wastes written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1996-02-23 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disposal of radioactive waste from nuclear weapons production and power generation has caused public outcry and political consternation. Nuclear Wastes presents a critical review of some waste management and disposal alternatives to the current national policy of direct disposal of light water reactor spent fuel. The book offers clearcut conclusions for what the nation should do today and what solutions should be explored for tomorrow. The committee examines the currently used "once-through" fuel cycle versus different alternatives of separations and transmutation technology systems, by which hazardous radionuclides are converted to nuclides that are either stable or radioactive with short half-lives. The volume provides detailed findings and conclusions about the status and feasibility of plutonium extraction and more advanced separations technologies, as well as three principal transmutation concepts for commercial reactor spent fuel. The book discusses nuclear proliferation; the U.S. nuclear regulatory structure; issues of health, safety and transportation; the proposed sale of electrical energy as a means of paying for the transmutation system; and other key issues.
Book Synopsis Department of Energy Perspective on High-level Waste Standards for Yucca Mountain by :
Download or read book Department of Energy Perspective on High-level Waste Standards for Yucca Mountain written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper provides a regulatory perspective from the viewpoint of the potential licensee, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), on the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report on Yucca Mountain standards issued in August 1995, and on how the recommendations in that report should be considered in the development of high-level radioactive waste standards applicable to Yucca Mountain. The paper first provides an overview of the DOE perspective and then discusses several of the issues that are of most importance in the development of the regulatory framework for Yucca Mountain, including both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standard and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) implementing regulation. These issues include: the regulatory time frame, the risk/dose limit, the definition of the reference biosphere, human intrusion, and natural processes and events.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and Power Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :172 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Status of the Department of Energy Program to Develop a Permanent Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and Power
Download or read book Status of the Department of Energy Program to Develop a Permanent Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and Power and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Technical Data Catalog written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents reference information contained in the Yucca Mountain Project Automated Technical Data Tracking System. The Department of Energy is seeking to design and maintain a geologic repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive wastes. However, before this repository can be built, the DOE must first do a comprehensive site evaluation. This evaluation is subject to many regulations. This report fulfills the reporting requirements of the Site-Specific Procedural Agreement for Geologic Repository to develop and maintain a catalog of data which will be updated and provided to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on a quarterly basis. This catalog contains: description of data; time, place, and method of acquisition; and where data may be examined.
Book Synopsis Nuclear waste technical, schedule, and cost uncertainties of the Yucca Mountain Repository Project. by :
Download or read book Nuclear waste technical, schedule, and cost uncertainties of the Yucca Mountain Repository Project. written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recognizing the critical need to address the issue of nuclear waste disposal, the Congress enacted the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to establish a comprehensive policy and program for the safe, permanent disposal of commercial spent fuel and other highly radioactive wastes in one or more mined geologic repositories. In the act, the Congress stated that federal efforts to devise a permanent solution for disposing of radioactive waste had been inadequate. The act charged DOE with (1) establishing criteria for the recommendation of sites for repositories; (2) "characterizing" (investigating) three sites to determine each site's suitability for a repository; (3) recommending one suitable site to the President who, if he considers the site is qualified for a license application, submits a recommendation of such site to the Congress; and (4) upon approval of a recommended site, seeking a license from NRC to construct and operate a repository at the approved site. The act created the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management within DOE to manage its nuclear waste program. When the act was passed, it was expected that a repository could be operational in 1998. Amendments to the act in 1987 directed DOE to investigate only the Yucca Mountain site. These amendments also established the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (the Board). The Board's decision is to review the technical and scientific validity of DOE's activities associated with investigating the site and packaging and transporting wastes, and to report its findings and recommendations to the Congress and DOE at least twice each year. The act does not require DOE to implement the Board's recommendations.
Book Synopsis Disposition of High-Level Radioactive Waste Through Geological Isolation by : National Research Council
Download or read book Disposition of High-Level Radioactive Waste Through Geological Isolation written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-10-07 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the next several years, decisions are expected to be made in several countries on the further development and implementation of the geological disposition option. The Board on Radioactive Waste Management (BRWM) of the U.S. National Academies believes that informed and reasoned discussion of relevant scientific, engineering and social issues can-and should-play a constructive role in the decision process by providing information to decision makers on relevant technical and policy issues. A BRWM-initiated project including a workshop at Irvine, California on November 4-5, 1999, and subsequent National Academies' report to be published in spring, 2000, are intended to provide such information to national policy makers both in the U.S. and abroad. To inform national policies, it is essential that experts from the physical, geological, and engineering sciences, and experts from the policy and social science communities work together. Some national programs have involved social science and policy experts from the beginning, while other programs have only recently recognized the importance of this collaboration. An important goal of the November workshop is to facilitate dialogue between these communities, as well as to encourage the sharing of experiences from many national programs. The workshop steering committee has prepared this discussion for participants at the workshop. It should elicit critical comments and help identify topics requiring in-depth discussion at the workshop. It is not intended as a statement of findings, conclusions, or recommendations. It is rather intended as a vehicle for stimulating dialogue among the workshop participants. Out of that dialogue will emerge the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the National Academies' report.
Book Synopsis Public Health and Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain by : United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Download or read book Public Health and Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain written by United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public Health and Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain
