Report to the American Physical Society by the study group on nuclear fuel cycles and waste management

Hebel, L. C.; Christensen, E.L.; Donath, Fred A.; Falconer, W. E.; Lidofsky, L.; Moniz, Ernest J.; Moss, Thomas H.; Pigford, Robert L.; Pigford, T.H.; Rochlin, Gene I.; Silsbee, R. H.; Wrenn, M.E.; Frauenfelder, Hans; Cairns, T. L.; Panofsky, Wolfgang K. H.; Simmons, Martin

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“…There appears to be no reason to believe that a technical solution to the nuclear waste management problem cannot be foun d that reduces risk to a level small compared with that posed by other parts of the nuclear fu el cycle an d other en ergy sources. On this point CONAES is in agreement with the recen t American Physical Society study (37).…”

Section: Management Of Radioactive Wa Stessupporting

confidence: 90%

United States Energy Alternatives to 2010 and Beyond: The Conaes Study

Brooks¹,

Hollander²

1979

Annu. Rev. Energy.

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Section: Management Of Radioactive Wa Stessupporting

confidence: 90%

United States Energy Alternatives to 2010 and Beyond: The Conaes Study

Brooks¹,

Hollander²

1979

Annu. Rev. Energy.

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“…But its reports have concluded that the dangers of low-level radiation have been exaggerated by opponents of nuclear power (Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Reactions, 1980). A 1978 American Physical Society study indicates that safe and efficient methods of storing and/or disposing of waste products are technically feasible (Hebel, 1978).…”

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The Academic Mind at the Top: The Political Behavior and Values of Faculty Elites

Lipset¹

1982

Public Opinion Quarterly

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Comparison of the findings from a 1979 sample of faculty members of the* honorific academies and a 1977 national survey of American professors indicates that the former are more liberal politically than the latter, including those at the most distinguished institutions. This result is in line with a body of theory which suggests that intellectual creativity is associated with critical social views, and with earlier research which found that scholarly status among faculty generally is correlated with liberal political orientations. The relationship inverts, however, for questions bearing on the self-interest of academic achievers both within and outside of the university.

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“…There is now tions, which if complied with, will ensure a worldwide consensus (2) that effective that EPA' s standards are met. The new rules long-term isolation for spent nuclear fuel and and standards rely on a probabilistic perforhigh-level radioactive or transuranic waste mance assessment (PPA) of the repository to can be achieved by geologic emplacement.…”

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Less Geology in the Geological Disposal of Nuclear Waste

Ewing

1999

Science

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A t the end of the 20th century, one of for developing "generally applicable stanthe most pressing problems, political dards" for the repository, and the NRC is reand scientific, is the disposal and iso-sponsible for promulgating rules or regulalation of radioactive wastes (1). There is now tions, which if complied with, will ensure a worldwide consensus (2) that effective that EPA' s standards are met. The new rules long-term isolation for spent nuclear fuel and and standards rely on a probabilistic perforhigh-level radioactive or transuranic waste mance assessment (PPA) of the repository to can be achieved by geologic emplacement. provide a single quantitative measure of The chief elements of the geologic disposal compliance. This approach, when combined strategy are as follows: (i) it was to be deep, with a proscribed compliance period that is permanent, and long term, using to advan-short compared with the time for geologic or tage the decrease in radioactivity, thermal climate change (10,000 years), a point of output, and radiotoxicity over time; (ii) the geologic history of stable regions was taken as indicative of future stability Actlrddetr and and continued suitability; (iii) the passive hydrologic andgeochemical properties of the geologic formations were to be key to the isolation strate-8 gy. The large uncertainties in 8 10' F

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Report to the American Physical Society by the study group on nuclear fuel cycles and waste management

Cited by 76 publications

References 15 publications

United States Energy Alternatives to 2010 and Beyond: The Conaes Study

United States Energy Alternatives to 2010 and Beyond: The Conaes Study

The Academic Mind at the Top: The Political Behavior and Values of Faculty Elites

Less Geology in the Geological Disposal of Nuclear Waste

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