One Step at a Time - The Staged Development of Geologic Repositories for High-Level Radioactive Waste

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Summary

Focuses on a management approach called "adaptive staging" as a means to develop geologic repositories for high-level radioactive waste such as the proposed repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. This book also offers advice on how to implement staging during the construction, operation, closure, and post-closure phases of a repository program.

Product details

• Authors: Board on Radioactive Waste Management, Committee on Principles and Operational, Committee on Principles and Operational Strategies for Staged Repository Systems, Division On Earth And Life Studies, National Research Council
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.03.2003
• EAN: 9780309087087
• ISBN: 978-0-309-08708-7
• No. of pages: 215
• Dimensions: 215 mm x 273 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 612 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science