Radioactive waste management

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dc.contributor.authorAlfredson, PGen_AU
dc.contributor.authorLevins, DMen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2007-11-22T04:29:52Zen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-30T04:39:50Zen_AU
dc.date.available2007-11-22T04:29:52Zen_AU
dc.date.available2010-04-30T04:39:50Zen_AU
dc.date.issued1975-08en_AU
dc.description.abstractPresent and future methods of managing radioactive wastes in the nuclear industry are reviewed. In the stages from uranium mining to fuel fabrication, the main purpose of waste management is to limit and control dispersal into the environment of uranium and its decay products, particularly radium and radon. Nuclear reactors produce large amounts of radioactivity but release rates from commercial power reactors have been low and well within legal limits. The principal waste from reprocessing is a high activity liquid containing essentially all the fission products along with the transuranium elements. Most high activity wastes are currently stored as liquids in tanks but there is agreement that future wastes must be converted into solids. Processes to solidify wastes have been demonstrated in pilot plant facilities in the United States and Europe. After solidification, wastes may be stored for some time in man-made structures at or near the Earth's surface. The best method for ultimate disposal appears to be placing solid wastes in a suitable geological formation on land.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationAlfredson, P., & Levins, D. (1975). Radioactive waste management (AAEC-IP-3). Lucas Heights, N.S.W.: Research Establishment, Australian Atomic Energy Commission.en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc765en_AU
dc.identifier.isbn0642997012en_AU
dc.identifier.otherAAEC-IP-3en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/755en_AU
dc.language.isoen_auen_AU
dc.publisherAustralian Atomic Energy Commissionen_AU
dc.subjectLiquid wastesen_AU
dc.subjectNuclear industryen_AU
dc.subjectUranium oresen_AU
dc.subjectSolidificationen_AU
dc.subjectRadioactive waste disposalen_AU
dc.subjectMillingen_AU
dc.titleRadioactive waste managementen_AU
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