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Radioactive waste management and contaminated site clean-up reviews
radioactive waste management processes, technologies, and
international experiences. Part one explores the fundamentals of
radioactive waste including sources, characterisation, and
processing strategies. International safety standards, risk
assessment of radioactive wastes and remediation of contaminated
sites and irradiated nuclear fuel management are also reviewed.
Part two highlights the current international situation across
Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. The experience in Japan,
with a specific chapter on Fukushima, is also covered. Finally,
part three explores the clean-up of sites contaminated by weapons
programmes including the USA and former USSR.
Radioactive waste management and contaminated site clean-up is a
comprehensive resource for professionals, researchers, scientists
and academics in radioactive waste management, governmental and
other regulatory bodies and the nuclear power industry.
Explores the fundamentals of radioactive waste including sources,
characterisation, and processing strategiesReviews international
safety standards, risk assessment of radioactive wastes and
remediation of contaminated sites and irradiated nuclear fuel
managementHighlights the current international situation across
Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America specifically including a
chapter on the experience in Fukushima, Japan
Ceramic Microstructures considers the many types of microstructure
observed in engineering ceramics, refractories and ceramic matrix
composites. All the stages of microstructural evolution are
covered, from producing and characterizing starting powders to
calcining, milling, shape forming, sintering and heat treating.
However, this book is not just about microstructures and how they
affect properties: it is also about how to process ceramics to
achieve the properties desired.
Containing Ample Directions For Making And Applying It.
Based on the authors' recent investigations, this book describes
the application of glassy and polyphase composite materials for
nuclear waste immobilisation. It introduces immobilisation issues
beginning with a short description of nuclear waste types and
compositions. Sources of nuclear waste are described including the
nuclear fuel cycle, operational and spent nuclear fuel reprocessing
waste streams. The glassy waste forms currently being used for
high-, intermediate- and low level radioactive waste immobilisation
are described. Problems related to immobilisation capacity, process
efficiency and long-term radionucleide retention are highlighted.
Scientific and technical problems in nuclear waste immobilisation
are emphasised in particular long-term waste form stability and
durability. Recent developments in advanced nuclear waste forms are
described such as glass composite materials (GCM) with higher
versatility and waste loading. New immobilisation approaches and
technologies are described including advanced cold crucible
induction melting (CCM), self sustaining thermochemical
immobilisation (SSI), and in-situ self-sintering in deep
underground repositories. Long-term durability tests of nuclear
waste glasses are outlined and the role of ion-exchange phase in
glass corrosion is described in detail.
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