UID:
almahu_9948026043702882
Format:
1 online resource (293 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-281-07236-2
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9786611072360
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0-08-053952-1
Series Statement:
Waste management series ; v. 3
Content:
This handbook is concerned with developing principles and standards for the safe disposal of solid radioactive wastes by burial deep in the Earth's crust. Radioactive wastes have focussed thinking on long-term environmental protection issues in an unprecedented way. Consequently, the way in which principles and standards are set, and the thinking behind this, is of wider interest than to the nuclear field alone. The issues are not just technical and scientific. There is also a much wider philosophical context to the debate, centering on ethics, human values and the expectations of society. 〈
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Principles and Standards for the Disposal of long-lived Radioactive Wastes; Copyright Page; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1 Wastes and Protection of the Environment; 1.2 Radioactive Wastes; 1.3 The Need for and Structure of Safety Principles; 1.4 Responsibilities for Setting Principles and Standards; 1.5 Stakeholders and their Role in Setting Principles and Standards; Chapter 2. Safety and Security Issues in Deep Geological Disposal; 2.1 What are Long-lived Radioactive Wastes?; 2.2 Repository Safety Concepts
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2.3 Quantifying and Demonstrating Safety2.4 The Context of Time; 2.5 Nuclear Security and Safeguards; Chapter 3. Ethics; 3.1 Early Ethical Considerations; 3.2 Ethical Principles in IAEA Documentation; 3.3 Ethical Discussions within the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency; 3.4 National Positions on Ethical Issues; 3.5 Intragenerational Equity Aspects; 3.6 Intergenerational Equity Aspects; 3.7 Other Ethical Principles; 3.8 Statement of Key Ethically Based Factors and Principles; Chapter 4. Reversibility and Retrievability; 4.1 Rationale for Retrievability; 4.2 Measures to Enhance Retrievability
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4.3 Potential Impacts of Retrievability4.4 Positions on Retrievability Taken in Selected Countries; 4.5 Conclusions; Chapter 5. Timescales in Repository Evolution; 5.1 Relevant Timescales for Analyses; 5.2 Calculated Timescales for Releases from Repositories; 5.3 The Problem of Compliance with Regulatory Criteria; 5.4 Current Situation Internationally; 5.5 Conclusions; Chapter 6. Performance Measures and Appropriate Standards; 6.1 Radiation Doses and Risks; 6.2 Recent Developments in Dose and Risk
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6.3 The Use of Collective Dose and the ''Controllable Dose'' Concept: Recent Proposals from ICRP6.4 Relevance of Dose Constraints at the Exemption/Clearance Level; 6.5 Other Performance Measures; 6.6 Return to Nature - an Approach to Standards for the Long Term; 6.7 Using Performance Measures in Setting Standards; Chapter 7. Siting Requirements within Standards; 7.1 International Guidelines; 7.2 National Regulatory Guidelines or Standards on Siting; 7.3 Key Contentious Issues in Siting; 7.4 Discussion; Chapter 8. Natural Disruptive Events and Processes; 8.1 Identifying Disruptive Events
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8.2 Taking Account of Disruptive Events in the Site-Selection Process8.3 Performance Measures for Disruptive Events: a Disaggregated Dose-Likelihood (DDL) Table; 8.4 Presenting Information to the Public and Decision Makers; Chapter 9. Intrusion by Future Generations; 9.1 Types of Intrusion; 9.2 Protection Objectives that Account for the Possibility of Intrusion; 9.3 Possible Regulatory Perspectives; 9.4 Approaches to Setting Standards for Human Intrusion; Chapter 10. Monitoring and Controlling a Repository before and after Closure; 10.1 Monitoring Objectives
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10.2 Monitoring to Establish Baseline Conditions
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-08-044192-0
Language:
English
