Radioactive Waste Engineering and Management

This book describes essential and effective management for reliably ensuring public safety from radioactive wastes in Japan. This is the first book to cover many aspects of wastes from the nuclear fuel cycle to research and medical use, allowing readers to understand the characterization, treatment...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Nagasaki, Shinya (Editor), Nakayama, Shinichi (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 2015, 2015
Edition:1st ed. 2015
Series:An Advanced Course in Nuclear Engineering
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This book describes essential and effective management for reliably ensuring public safety from radioactive wastes in Japan. This is the first book to cover many aspects of wastes from the nuclear fuel cycle to research and medical use, allowing readers to understand the characterization, treatment and final disposal of generated wastes, performance assessment, institutional systems, and social issues such as intergenerational ethics. Exercises at the end of each chapter help to understand radioactive waste management in context
Physical Description:XIX, 296 p. 60 illus., 1 illus. in color online resource
ISBN:9784431554172