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The handling of actinides and actinide-based materials provides
significant technological challenges due to the toxicity and
radioactivity associated with these materials. These challenges are
particularly apparent in the nuclear power industry. Under normal
operation, a reactor can produce a significant amount of spent fuel
requiring subsequent containment for geologic times, and under
accident conditions it can release lethal doses of radioactive
material to the environment. Inevitably, radioactive material will
enter the environment, necessitating as complete an understanding
as possible of its behavior. An understanding of the interaction
between actinides and the environment must be based on a knowledge
of their basic physical and chemical properties. To date, although
there is general agreement on the principles for waste disposal, no
facility has been built for the long term disposal of high level
radioactive waste from either normal reactor operations or from
accidental catastrophes. This makes it most important for the
scientific and technical community to develop the necessary
cross-disciplinary understanding that will help us implement safe
and secure waste management, accident remediation and accident
prevention systems.
The handling of actinides and actinide-based materials provides
significant technological challenges due to the toxicity and
radioactivity associated with these materials. These challenges are
particularly apparent in the nuclear power industry. Under normal
operation, a reactor can produce a significant amount of spent fuel
requiring subsequent containment for geologic times, and under
accident conditions it can release lethal doses of radioactive
material to the environment. Inevitably, radioactive material will
enter the environment, necessitating as complete an understanding
as possible of its behavior. An understanding of the interaction
between actinides and the environment must be based on a knowledge
of their basic physical and chemical properties. To date, although
there is general agreement on the principles for waste disposal, no
facility has been built for the long term disposal of high level
radioactive waste from either normal reactor operations or from
accidental catastrophes. This makes it most important for the
scientific and technical community to develop the necessary
cross-disciplinary understanding that will help us implement safe
and secure waste management, accident remediation and accident
prevention systems.
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