final report National Research Council (U.S.) creator National Research Council (U.S.) Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board. text bibliography dcu Washington, D.C National Academies Press 2011 monographic eng

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294 p. : ill. "The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) is responsible for cleaning up radioactive waste and environmental contamination resulting from five decades of nuclear weapons production and testing. A major focus of this program involves the retrieval, processing, and immobilization of waste into stable, solid waste forms for disposal. Waste Forms Technology and Performance, a report requested by DOE-EM, examines requirements for waste form technology and performance in the cleanup program. The report provides information to DOE-EM to support improvements in methods for processing waste and selecting and fabricating waste forms. Waste forms technology and performance places particular emphasis on processing technologies for high-level radioactive waste, DOE's most expensive and arguably most difficult cleanup challenge. The report's key messages are presented in ten findings and one recommendation."--Publisher's description. Findings and recommendations -- Background and study task -- Waste forms -- Waste processing and waste form production -- Waste form testing -- Waste forms and disposal environments -- Waste form performance in disposal systems-- Legal and regulatory factors for waste form performance -- Possible opportunities in waste form science and technology. HKBU library Committee on Waste Forms Technology and Performance, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Division of Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies. YT2025 M08 United States. Radioactive waste sites United States Evaluation Radioactive waste disposal United States Evaluation Radioactive waste sites United States Planning Radioactive waste disposal United States Forecasting TD898 N279 W 2011 9780309187336 0309187338 SDU 120202