Radioactive waste management

The treatment and containment of radioactive wastes. These wastes originate almost exclusively in the nuclear fuel cycle for electricity generation and in nuclear weapons programs. The toxicity of radioactive waste requires careful isolation from the biosphere. Subterranean storage in sealed contain...

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Main Author: Robert O. Pohl
Format: Reference Entry
Language:English
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Summary:The treatment and containment of radioactive wastes. These wastes originate almost exclusively in the nuclear fuel cycle for electricity generation and in nuclear weapons programs. The toxicity of radioactive waste requires careful isolation from the biosphere. Subterranean storage in sealed containment vessels is the usual method of disposing of radioactive waste, with the most dangerously radioactive materials intended for deep underground sequestration in suitably stable, geological repositories (Fig. 1). Atomic bomb Electric power generation Electricity Hydrogen bomb Nuclear fuel cycle Nuclear fuels Nuclear power Nuclear reactor Radiation Radiation damage to materials Radiation injury to plants and animals Radioactivity 
DOI:10.1036/1097-8542.568900