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Nuclear waste management is an interdisciplinary issue requiring a variety of approaches and a holistic understanding of the field. In this edited volume, Klaus-Jürgen Röhlig brings together leading researchers from geoengineering, nuclear physics, materials science and the social sciences to provide an overview of the terminology and concepts required to engage in the field. It addresses measures and strategies for managing waste from technical and societal points of view, including practical, legal and ethical considerations involved in strategy choice, as well as historical and participation issues. The book is ideal for early-career professionals and students involved in the nuclear waste field, and comprises a valuable reference for more-established professionals and those working with nuclear waste organisations and authorities.
Scientific and technical background
Radioactivity
Nuclear fuel from cradle to grave: existing variants and future options for the fuel cycle and resulting waste types
Other waste origins (industry, medicine, research): sources and resulting waste types
Waste management policy and strategy
Waste conditioning and wasteforms
Storage and transport
Disposal and other conceivable strategy ‘endpoints’ for different types of waste
Geologic (‘deep’) disposal of high-level and other long-lived waste: host rocks, concepts, current international status
Decision-making in the presence of uncertainty: the safety case as a tool supporting the development of a deep geologic repository
Nuclear waste management and society
Legal and regulatory issues
The politization and politics of nuclear waste: a socio-technical history
Role of stakeholder involvement in the implementation of radioactive waste management projects
Ethical aspects of high-level nuclear waste management
Geology, engineering, and society: repository siting as a socio-technical problem
The German case for dealing with high-level radioactive waste: taking a socio-technical approach to address a socio-technical problem—chances and risks