End Points for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in Russia and the United States

End Points for spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in Russian and the United States provides an analysis of the management of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in Russia and the United States, describing inventories, comparing approaches, and assessing the end-point options for storage and disposal of materials and wastes. The authoring committee finds that despite differences in philosophy about nuclear fuel cycles, Russia and the United States need similar kinds of facilities and face similar challenges, although in Russia many of the problems are worse and funding is less available. This book contains recommendations for immediate and near-term actions, for example, protecting and stabilizing materials that are security and safety hazards, actions for the longer term, such as developing more interim storage capacity and studying effects of deep injection, and areas for collaboration. An end point for spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste is a sustainable, safe, and secure disposition of the material. This report, prepared as a joint effort of Russian and America experts, describes quantities and locations of spent nuclear fuel and high- level waste in Russia and the US, presents plans for managing and disposing of these wastes, and provides a technical assessment of interim and final end points being considered. The focus of the study is on assessment of technical factors rather than evaluation of government policy. The report lacks a subject index. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)