Title: Nuclear Waste Management: Building a Foundation to Enhance Trust
Abstract: The primary challenges to the DOE, NRC, EPA, and contractors responsible for managing the defense and commercial nuclear waste legacies are technology and high cost. Yet given the long period that the waste must be stewarded, the responsible parties must invest in short-term and long-run programs to build mutually beneficial stable relationships that are able to withstand the stresses of technical mishaps and human disagreements and endure for many generations. This chapter suggests five key steps in light of the Fukushima events: More detail is provided in the body of the chapter.
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-07-02
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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