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Title Uncertainty underground : Yucca Mountain and the nation's high-level nuclear waste / edited by Allison M. Macfarlane and Rodney C. Ewing
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2006]
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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 431 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Nuclear waste story : setting the stage / Thomas A. Cotton -- Regulating the geologic disposal of high-level nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain / William M. Murphy -- Performance assessment : what is it and why is it done? / Chris Whipple -- Performance assessments : are they necessary or sufficient? / Rodney C. Ewing -- Technical policy decision making in siting a high-level nuclear waste repository / Allison M. Macfarlane -- The mountain matters / David Applegate -- Volcanism : the continuing saga / Bruce M. Crowe [and others] -- Climate change at Yucca Mountain : lessons from earth history / MaryLynn Musgrove and Daniel P. Schrag -- Hot upwelling water : did it really invade Yucca Mountain? / Nicholas S.F. Wilson and Jean S. Cline -- Water and radionuclide transport in the unsaturated zone / June Fabryka-Martin [and others] -- Colloidal transport of radionuclides / Annie B. Kersting -- Contaminant transport in the saturated zone at Yucca Mountain / Lynn W. Belhar -- Thermohydrologic effects and interactions / G.S. Bodvarsson -- The near field at Yucca Mountain : effects of coupled processes on nuclear water isolation / William M. Murphy -- Waste package corrosion / David W. Shoesmith -- Drip shield and backfill / David Stahl -- Zircaloy cladding / Eric R. Siegmann -- Spent fuel / Jordi Bruno and Esther Cera -- Glass / Werner Lutze -- Storing waste in ceramic / WiIliam L. Bourcier and Kurt Sickafus -- The path to Yucca Mountain and beyond / Luther J. Carter -- Uncertainty, models, and the way forward in nuclear waste disposal / Allison M. Macfarlane
Summary "Despite approval by Congress and the Bush administration and over seven billion dollars already spent, the Yucca Mountain, Nevada, site for disposal of highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel is not yet in operation. The reasons for the delay lie not only in citizen and activist opposition to the project but also in the numerous scientific and technical issues that remain unresolved. Although many scientists favor geologic disposal of high-level nuclear waste, there are substantial unknowns in projecting the performance of a site over the tens to hundreds of thousands of years that may be required by Environmental Protection Agency standards. Uncertainty Underground is the first effort to review the uncertainties in the analysis of the long-term performance of the proposed repository at Yucca Mountain. The book does not pass judgment on the suitability of the site but provides reliable science-based information to support open debate and inquiry into its safety. Experts from the geosciences, industry, and government review different aspects of the repository system, focusing on the uncertainties inherent in each. After an overview of the historical and regulatory context, the contributors investigate external factors (including climate change and volcanic activity) that could affect repository performance and then turn to topics concerning the repository itself. These include hydrologic issues, the geological conditions with which the nuclear waste in the repository would interact, and the predicted behavior of the different kinds of waste and waste package materials. Uncertainty Underground succeeds in making these important technical issues understandable to a wide audience, including policymakers and the general public"--Publisher's description
Analysis ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Radioactive waste disposal in the ground -- Nevada -- Yucca Mountain
Radioactive waste sites -- Nevada -- Yucca Mountain -- Evaluation
Geology -- Nevada -- Yucca Mountain Region
Radioactive waste disposal -- Government policy -- United States
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Waste Management.
Geology
Radioactive waste disposal -- Government policy
Radioactive waste disposal in the ground
Radioactive waste sites -- Evaluation
Radioactief afval.
Ondergrondse opslag.
Geologie.
Overheidsbeleid.
Déchets radioactifs -- Élimination dans le sol -- Nevada (États-Unis)
Géologie -- Nevada (États-Unis)
Déchets radioactifs -- Élimination -- Politique publique -- États-Unis.
Radioaktivt avfall -- juridik och lagstiftning.
Avfallsdeponering.
Slutförvaring av radioaktivt avfall.
Utvärdering -- miljöaspekter.
Riskavfall.
United States
Nevada -- Yucca Mountain
Förenta staterna -- Yucca Mountain.
Form Electronic book
Author Macfarlane, Allison, editor.
Ewing, Rodney C., editor.
LC no. 2005056218
ISBN 9780262278782
0262278782
1423774493
9781423774495
0262134624
9780262134620
0262633329
9780262633321