An introduction to nuclear waste immobilisation [E-Book] / M.I. Ojovan and W.E. Lee.
Safety and environmental impact is of uppermost concern when dealing with the movement and storage of nuclear waste. The 20 chapters in 'An Introduction to Nuclear Waste Immobilisation' cover all important aspects of immobilisation, from nuclear decay, to regulations, to new technologies a...
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Personal Name(s): | Ojovan, Michael I. |
Lee, W. E. | |
Edition: |
1st ed. |
Imprint: |
Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier,
2005
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Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xviii, 315 p.) : ill. |
Note: |
englisch |
ISBN: |
0080455719 6610632847 9786610632848 9780080455716 |
Subject (LOC): |
- 1. Introduction to immobilisation
- 2. Nuclear decay
- 3. Contaminants and hazards
- 4. Heavy metals
- 5. Naturally occurring radionuclides
- 6. Background radiation
- 7. Nuclear waste regulations
- 8. Principles of nuclear waste management
- 9. Sources and characteristics of nuclear waste
- 10. Short-lived waste radionuclides
- 11. Long-lived waste radionuclides
- 12. Management and characterisation of radioactive waste
- 13. Pre-treatment of radioactive wastes
- 14. Treatment of radioactive wastes
- 15. Immobilisation of radioactive wastes in cement
- 16. Immobilisation of radioactive wastes in bitumen
- 17. Immobilisation of radioactive wastes in glass
- 18. New immobilising hosts and technologies
- 19. Nuclear waste disposal
- 20. Performance assessment.