Selection of Technical Solutions for the Management of Radioactive Waste

INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY

IAEA-TECDOC-1817

English IAEA-TECDOC-1817 | 978-92-0-104717-5

112 pages | 14 figures | € 18.00 | Date published: 2017

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The objectives of this publication are to identify and critically review the criteria to be considered while selecting waste management technologies; summarize, evaluate, rank and compare the different technical solutions; and offer a systematic approach for selecting the best matching solution. This publication covers the management of radioactive waste from all nuclear operations, including waste generated from research reactors, power reactors, and nuclear fuel cycle activities including high level waste (HLW) arising from reprocessing and spent nuclear fuel declared as waste (SFW), as well as low level waste (LLW) and intermediate level waste (ILW) arising from the production and use of radionuclides in industry, agriculture, medicine, education and research.

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Waste Management, Radioactive Wastes, Waste Disposal, Technologies, Spent Fuels, Evaluation, Environmental Impact, Selection Tool, Strategy, Research Reactors, Power Reactors, Nuclear Fuel Cycle, High Level Waste, HLW, Low Level Waste, LLW, Intermediate Level Waste, ILW, Radionuclides, Industry, Agriculture, Medicine, Education, Research, Uranium Mining, Milling Waste, Methodologies, NORM Waste, SFW, Waste Characteristics Classification, Collection, Segregation, Decontamination, Transportation, Landfills, Deep Facilities