One step at a time : the staged development of geologic repositories for high-level radioactive waste /

One step at a time : the staged development of geologic repositories for high-level radioactive waste /

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Imprint:Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2003.
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 201 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:
Radioactive waste disposal in the ground.
Radioactive waste disposal in the ground -- United States.
Radioactive waste disposal in the ground.
United States.
Electronic book.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11127765
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Other authors / contributors:National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Principles and Operational Strategies for Staged Repository Systems.
ISBN:0309505488
9780309505482
0309087082
9780309087087
0305087082
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Summary:Annotation Compared to other large engineering projects, geologic repositories for high-level waste present distinctive challenges because: 1) they are first-of-a-kind, complex, and long-term projects that must actively manage hazardous materials for many decades: 2) they are expected to hold these hazardous materials passively safe for many millennia after repository closure; and 3) they are widely perceived to pose serious risks. As is the case for other complex projects, repository programs should proceed in stages. "One Step at a Time focuses on a management approach called "adaptive staging" as a promising means to develop geologic repositories for high-level radioactive waste such as the proposed repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Adaptive staging is a learn-as-you-go process that enables project managers to continuously reevaluate and adjust the program in response to new knowledge and stakeholder input. Advice is given on how to implement staging during the construction, operation, closure, and post-closure, phases of a repository program.
Other form:Print version: One step at a time. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2003 0309087082
Table of Contents:
  • ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Staged Approaches to Project Development""; ""3 A Typical Geologic Repository Program""; ""4 Impacts of Adaptive Staging on a Repository Program""; ""5 Specific Applications to the Yucca Mountain Project""; ""6 Findings and Recommendations""; ""References""; ""Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""; ""Appendix B Information-Gathering Meetings""; ""Appendix C NASAâ€?s Apollo and Space Station Programs""; ""Appendix D Staging from an International Perspective""
  • ""Appendix E Environmental Monitoring and Adaptive Staging""""Appendix F Overview of U.S. Geologic Repository Programs""; ""Appendix G Glossary""

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