Download PDF Radioactive Waste Disposal September 1, 2003 Volume 33 Issue 3 Articles In This Issue The Science and Politics of Radioactive Waste Disposal Monday, September 1, 2003 AuthorLawrence T. Papay About 20 years ago, I took on overall responsibility for the nuclear program at Southern California Edison. As part of that responsibility, I became Edison’s representative on the Steering Committee of the Utility Nuclear Waste Management Group of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), which ... The Current Status, Safety, and Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel Monday, September 1, 2003 AuthorB. John Garrick Strong evidence shows that spent nuclear fuel can be stored and transported safely. Spent nuclear fuel, nuclear fuel that has been in an operating nuclear reactor, is listed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) as one of the three constituents of high-level waste- the other two are ... Machines, Modifications of Nature, and Engineering Ethics Monday, September 1, 2003 AuthorGeorge Bugliarello Engineers face complex moral issues that cannot be resolved by codes of professional behavior. Ethics, to use the felicitous words Lord Bank uttered three-quarters of a century ago, can be called the "observance of the unenforceable." Ethics falls in the middle of the spectrum, with ... International Perspectives on the Reprocessing, Storage, and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel Monday, September 1, 2003 AuthorCharles McCombie The chief obstacle to geologic disposal is the lack of public acceptance. The technical maturity and development potential of technologies for the storage, reprocessing, and disposal of spent nuclear fuels differ greatly, as do the political and social issues they raise. The material flows and ... Licensing, Design, and Construction of the Yucca Mountain Repository Monday, September 1, 2003 AuthorMargaret S.Y. Chu and J. Russell Dyer Investigations of the natural processes at Yucca Mountain indicate that public health and the environment can be protected. The deep geologic disposal program in the United States began more than 20 years ago, in 1982, with the passage of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA), which set forth ... Will the United States Need a Second Geologic Repository? Monday, September 1, 2003 AuthorPer F. Peterson Between 2007 and 2010, Congress must consider whether the United States needs a second repository for high-level radioactive waste. Nuclear fission energy requires small inputs of natural resources compared to most other fossil and nonfossil energy technologies. When we consider net electricity ...
The Science and Politics of Radioactive Waste Disposal Monday, September 1, 2003 AuthorLawrence T. Papay About 20 years ago, I took on overall responsibility for the nuclear program at Southern California Edison. As part of that responsibility, I became Edison’s representative on the Steering Committee of the Utility Nuclear Waste Management Group of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), which ...
The Current Status, Safety, and Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel Monday, September 1, 2003 AuthorB. John Garrick Strong evidence shows that spent nuclear fuel can be stored and transported safely. Spent nuclear fuel, nuclear fuel that has been in an operating nuclear reactor, is listed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) as one of the three constituents of high-level waste- the other two are ...
Machines, Modifications of Nature, and Engineering Ethics Monday, September 1, 2003 AuthorGeorge Bugliarello Engineers face complex moral issues that cannot be resolved by codes of professional behavior. Ethics, to use the felicitous words Lord Bank uttered three-quarters of a century ago, can be called the "observance of the unenforceable." Ethics falls in the middle of the spectrum, with ...
International Perspectives on the Reprocessing, Storage, and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel Monday, September 1, 2003 AuthorCharles McCombie The chief obstacle to geologic disposal is the lack of public acceptance. The technical maturity and development potential of technologies for the storage, reprocessing, and disposal of spent nuclear fuels differ greatly, as do the political and social issues they raise. The material flows and ...
Licensing, Design, and Construction of the Yucca Mountain Repository Monday, September 1, 2003 AuthorMargaret S.Y. Chu and J. Russell Dyer Investigations of the natural processes at Yucca Mountain indicate that public health and the environment can be protected. The deep geologic disposal program in the United States began more than 20 years ago, in 1982, with the passage of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA), which set forth ...
Will the United States Need a Second Geologic Repository? Monday, September 1, 2003 AuthorPer F. Peterson Between 2007 and 2010, Congress must consider whether the United States needs a second repository for high-level radioactive waste. Nuclear fission energy requires small inputs of natural resources compared to most other fossil and nonfossil energy technologies. When we consider net electricity ...