Science, society, and America's nuclear waste: Unit 4, The waste management system
Description
This is unit 4 (The Waste Management System) in a four-unit secondary curriculum. It is intended to provide information about scientific and societal issues related to the management of spent nuclear fuel from generation of electricity at nuclear powerplants and high-level radioactive waste from US national defense activities. The curriculum, supporting classroom activities, and teaching materials present a brief discussion of energy and electricity generation, including that produced at nuclear powerplants; information on sources, amounts, location, and characteristics of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste; sources, types and effects of radiation; US policy for managing and disposing of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste and what other countries are doing; and the components of the nuclear waste management system
Availability note (English)
MF available from INIS under the Report Number; OSTI (Free of Charge) as TI93002386; INIS.
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Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 55 p.
- Report number
- DOE/RW--0364-SR
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 24030530
- Subject category
- S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; S42: ENGINEERING; S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CASKS; EDUCATIONAL TOOLS; PACKAGING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORT
- Descriptors DEC
- CONTAINERS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; MEDICINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; WASTE MANAGEMENT
Optional Information
- Funding organization
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States).