A perspective on nuclear waste.
The management of spent nuclear fuel and high-level nuclear waste has the deserved reputation as one of the most intractable policy issues facing the United States and other nations using nuclear reactors for electric power generation. This paper presents the author's perspective on this complex issue, based on a decade of service with the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board and Board on Radioactive Waste Management of the National Research Council.
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North Works, Inc., Belmont, California 94002, USA.
D055593:Geological Phenomena; D005844:Geology; D006077:Government Agencies; D006801:Humans; D010465:Perception; D011210:Power Plants; D011640:Public Policy; D011850:Radioactive Waste / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014481:United States
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