Geological storage of nuclear wastes: Insights following the Fukushima crisis

What Do Potential Residents Really Want When Hosting a Nuclear Power Plant? An Empirical Study of Economic Incentives in South Korea

“…Such a phenomenon showing consensus on the necessity for NPPs yet changing this attitude when it comes to the issue of their own residence is often observed in other surveys previously undertaken in South Korea [43]. In addition, this NIMBY phenomenon is found in other studies about nuclear facilities or radioactive waste [44][45][46][47][48]. Based on the finding from the basic questionnaire survey, it appears that Korean people's perceptions of nuclear energy and the construction of NPPs have not changed much despite the efforts of the central government to improve the social acceptance of nuclear power.…”

Managing social challenges in the nuclear decommissioning industry: A responsible approach towards better performance

“…Public unacceptance is generated by factors such as fear, lack of knowledge and low public participation (Devine-Wright et al 2010), and is likely to cause the rejection of a project before it begins, or its interruption during its development. In the case of Japan, t N I M B Y NIMBY has proved to cause an acceptance drop to less than 20%, if the repository is to be installed near the respondents' residency (Gallardo et al 2014). Gallardo et al (2014) also underlines the split between the general and the local interest, where the benefits of having a repository are widespread at national level but the costs are absorbed by small local communities.…”

The uptake mechanism of palladium ions into Prussian-blue nanoparticles in a nitric acid solution toward application for the recycling of precious metals from electronic and nuclear wastes

“…Aer the separation of uranium (U) and plutonium (Pu) from the spent fuels for reuse as new fuels using the PUREX (Plutonium Uranium Redox Extraction) method, the high-level radioactive liquid wastes (HLLWs) are vitried and geologically disposed. [2][3][4] In the vitrication processes, the platinum-group metals (PGMs) (particularly Ru, Rh, and Pd) and molybdenum (Mo) cause severe problems: (i) PGMs tend to settle on the sidewall surface of a glass melter, resulting in an inhomogeneous thermal distribution of the melter, and (ii) Mo forms a lowviscosity uid compound so-called "yellow phase" in the vitri-ed object. 5,6 These degrade the quality and stability of the vitried objects due to heterogeneity and increase both the disposal spaces and cost in conjunction with additional vitried rods obtained by ushing the glass melter.…”