… radioactive wastes, although this chapter shall focus on civilian uses of radioactive materials.
… manage both the repository and the transportation system for used nuclear fuel. In addition, …

… products of the nuclear energy generation and other applications of nuclear fission, research…
to as the radioactive wastes. Radioactive waste (or nuclear waste) is a material deemed no …

… the handling of nuclear wastes is a matter of great concern to the average person. This account
of the subject of radioactive waste … 85 transportation accidents where radioactive material …

… and characteristics of radioactive waste, section 2 of this chapter will define radioactive
materials, provide an overview of the nuclear fuel cycle, describe used nuclear fuel, briefly …

… transportation issue, related actions involving areas such as disposal and storage of radioactive
wastes, moratoriums on power plant construction and siting, radiation safety and control …

… Long-term storage of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive … Transportation of
spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste after long-term storage 325 …

… materials is the subject of this review. International guidelines are available for how to classify
radioactive wastes.1 … be used for storage, transportation, and eventual disposal of the HLW/…

… about the long-term behavior of hot radioactive material buried in rock is a problem beyond
… We start with some generalities about the properties of radiation and radioactive substances…

Nuclear wastes present the earth scientist with a host of serious and extremely long-term (… -
and low-level nuclear wastes, occur at many stages in the production of nuclear energy, from …

… disposal of low- and high-level radioactive wastes (LLRW and HLRW), interim storage and
final disposal … , during both transportation to disposal facilities and storage. Eight types of …