Published 1993
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The plutonium issue and the environmental problem
Description
The paper discusses the uneasiness of the public towards nuclear energy and the problems of final disposal of spent fuels and reprocessing wastes. The additional concern with one by-product, namely plutonium, and the possibility of its use in nuclear weapons is also discussed. Japan plans to recycle its plutonium in fast reactors as its solution to proliferation and environmental concerns
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
- Imprint Place
- New York, NY (United States)
- ISBN
- 0-7918-0691-X
- Imprint Title
- Proceedings of the 1993 international conference on nuclear waste management and environmental remediation. Volume 2: High level radioactive waste and spent fuel management
- Imprint Pagination
- 853 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 651-655.
Conference
- Title
- '93 international conference on nuclear waste management and environmental remediation.
- Dates
- 5-11 Sep 1993.
- Place
- Prague (Czech Republic).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 27016508
- Subject category
- S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; S29: ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FAST REACTORS; JAPAN; NON-PROLIFERATION POLICY; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM RECYCLE; PUBLIC ANXIETY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; TRANSMUTATION
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDES; ASIA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ELEMENTS; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; FUEL CYCLE; MANAGEMENT; METALS; REACTORS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- CONF-930906--.