A Perspective on Nuclear Waste

199921 citationsJournal Article

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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 complexissue, based on a decade of service with the Nuclear Waste Technical ReviewBoard and Board on Radioactive Waste Management of the National Research Council.

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Risk Perception and Management Nuclear and radioactivity studies Radioactive contamination and transfer

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Published in: Risk Analysis

Volume 19, Issue 4, pp. 751-758

DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1999.tb00444.x

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A Perspective on Nuclear Waste

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