Military Plutonium From Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel
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Military Plutonium From Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
Military Plutonium From Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Nuclear weapons categories.
Safety And Security Of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage
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Author : Committee on the Safety and Security of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2006-01-19
Safety And Security Of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage written by Committee on the Safety and Security of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-19 with History categories.
In response to a request from Congress, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Department of Homeland Security sponsored a National Academies study to assess the safety and security risks of spent nuclear fuel stored in cooling pools and dry casks at commercial nuclear power plants. The information provided in this book examines the risks of terrorist attacks using these materials for a radiological dispersal device. Safety and Security of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel is an unclassified public summary of a more detailed classified book. The book finds that successful terrorist attacks on spent fuel pools, though difficult, are possible. A propagating fire in a pool could release large amounts of radioactive material, but rearranging spent fuel in the pool during storage and providing emergency water spray systems would reduce the likelihood of a propagating fire even under severe damage conditions. The book suggests that additional studies are needed to better understand these risks. Although dry casks have advantages over cooling pools, pools are necessary at all operating nuclear power plants to store at least the recently discharged fuel. The book explains it would be difficult for terrorists to steal enough spent fuel to construct a significant radiological dispersal device.
Improving The Scientific Basis For Managing Doe S Excess Nuclear Materials And Spent Nuclear Fuel
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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2003-06-09
Improving The Scientific Basis For Managing Doe S Excess Nuclear Materials And Spent Nuclear Fuel written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-06-09 with Science categories.
The production of nuclear materials for the national defense was an intense, nationwide effort that began with the Manhattan Project and continued throughout the Cold War. Now many of these product materials, by-products, and precursors, such as irradiated nuclear fuels and targets, have been declared as excess by the Department of Energy (DOE). Most of this excess inventory has been, or will be, turned over to DOE's Office of Environmental Management (EM), which is responsible for cleaning up the former production sites. Recognizing the scientific and technical challenges facing EM, Congress in 1995 established the EM Science Program (EMSP) to develop and fund directed, long-term research that could substantially enhance the knowledge base available for new cleanup technologies and decision making. The EMSP has previously asked the National Academies' National Research Council for advice for developing research agendas in subsurface contamination, facility deactivation and decommissioning, high-level waste, and mixed and transuranic waste. For this study the committee was tasked to provide recommendations for a research agenda to improve the scientific basis for DOE's management of its high-cost, high-volume, or high-risk excess nuclear materials and spent nuclear fuels. To address its task, the committee focused its attention on DOE's excess plutonium-239, spent nuclear fuels, cesium-137 and strontium-90 capsules, depleted uranium, and higher actinide isotopes.
Safety And Security Of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage
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Author : Committee on the Safety and Security of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2006-01-19
Safety And Security Of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage written by Committee on the Safety and Security of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-19 with Political Science categories.
In response to a request from Congress, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Department of Homeland Security sponsored a National Academies study to assess the safety and security risks of spent nuclear fuel stored in cooling pools and dry casks at commercial nuclear power plants. The information provided in this book examines the risks of terrorist attacks using these materials for a radiological dispersal device. Safety and Security of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel is an unclassified public summary of a more detailed classified book. The book finds that successful terrorist attacks on spent fuel pools, though difficult, are possible. A propagating fire in a pool could release large amounts of radioactive material, but rearranging spent fuel in the pool during storage and providing emergency water spray systems would reduce the likelihood of a propagating fire even under severe damage conditions. The book suggests that additional studies are needed to better understand these risks. Although dry casks have advantages over cooling pools, pools are necessary at all operating nuclear power plants to store at least the recently discharged fuel. The book explains it would be difficult for terrorists to steal enough spent fuel to construct a significant radiological dispersal device.
Plutonium Power And Politics
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Author : Gene I. Rochlin
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2024-06-14
Plutonium Power And Politics written by Gene I. Rochlin and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-14 with Philosophy categories.
In the early 1970s, the major industrial states were preparing to shift to nuclear fission as their principal source of electrical power. But that change has not occurred. In part, this is due to a growing public recognition that techniques and institutions for management of spent nuclear fuel, separated plutonium, and long-lived radioactive wastes are not yet fully developed. The consequent pressures for resolution have spurred a series of often ill-defined and sometimes contradictory attempts to promote international cooperation and control of hazardous activities. How are these varied suggestions to be compared and evaluated? By what criteria can plans be selected that are likely to be both effective and negotiable? In this study, Gene I. Rochlin, physicist and social scientist, explores the technical, political, and institutional aspects of international nuclear export and fuel cycle policies. He categorizes existing proposals and suggests way to develop new ones that better promote both national and international goals. Dr. Rochlin argues neither for nor against the use of nuclear power or plutonium fuels. Instead, he addresses the question of how international arrangements could be reached that might jointly satisfy the objective of the several key nations, yet not be too difficult to negotiate. He concludes that a major fault has been the tendency to improvise arrangements for specific technical or industrial operations. As a result, overall social and political goals have become the bargaining points for compromise. Yet attempts to simultaneously resolve all problems are unlikely to prove fruitful. Dr. Rochlin suggests instead the formation of institutions organized around more limited social, political, and technical objectives, even at the expense of excluding some nations or omitting some aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle. Only by so doing, he argues, can immediate agreements be reached that preserve the potential for more comprehensive future arrangements without sacrificing industrial, environmental, or nonproliferation goals. This important book will be of interest to scientists, social scientists, government officials, and others concerned with the problems of plutonium management and nuclear wastes. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1979.
The Management And Storage Of Commercial Power Reactor Wastes
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
The Management And Storage Of Commercial Power Reactor Wastes written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Fission products categories.
Plutonium And Security
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Author : Dr. Frank Barnaby
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1992-06-18
Plutonium And Security written by Dr. Frank Barnaby and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-06-18 with Political Science categories.
The contributors to this text discuss the cases for and against the reprocessing of spent reactor fuel elements to remove the plutonium from them.
World Inventory Of Plutonium And Highly Enriched Uranium 1992
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Author : David Albright
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1993
World Inventory Of Plutonium And Highly Enriched Uranium 1992 written by David Albright and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Business & Economics categories.
From the John Holmes Library collection.
Military Plutonium From Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
Military Plutonium From Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Nuclear weapons categories.
Plutonium And Highly Enriched Uranium 1996
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Author : David Albright
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Plutonium And Highly Enriched Uranium 1996 written by David Albright and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
Plutonium and highly enriched uranium (HEU) are the basic materials used in nuclear weapons. Plutonium also plays an important part in the generation of nuclear electricity. Knowing how much plutonium and HEU exists, where and in which form is vital for international security and nuclear commerce. This book is a thorough revision of the World Inventory of Plutonium and highly Enriched Uranium, 1992. It provides a rigorous and comprehensive assessment of the amounts of plutonium and HEU in military and civilian programmes, in nuclear and non-nuclear weapon states, and in countries seeking to acquire nuclear weapons. The capibilities that exist for producing these materials around the world are examined in depth, as are the policy issues raised by them. Containing much new information, this book is indispensable to all those concerned with the great contemporary issues in international nuclear relations: arms reductions in the nuclear weapon states, nuclear proliferation, nuclear smuggling, the roles of plutonium and enriched uranium in the nuclear fuel-cycle, and the disposition of surplus weapon material.