The Hidden Commitment of Nuclear Wastes

Retention of neptunium, americium, and curium by diffusible soil particles

“…The data were converted to effective distribution ratios, R*, defined as: R* = _cpm of actinide per unit supernatant vol cpm of actinide per unit mass of soil before equilibration (1) where cpm is a or 7 counts per minute of 241Am, 244Cm, or 2,i' Np. t It should be noted that the denominator in Equation 1differs from that usually employed in that the total actinide content of both phases, rather than the actinide content of the solid phase alone, is used.…”

Public policy issues in nuclear waste management

“…2. for waste disposal do not appear burdensome. About one percent of the value of generated power has been estimated to be sufficient (Rowe and Holcomb, 1974;Kubo and Rose, 1973). However, the fees paid by utilities have yet to be worked out and cannot be settled until the waste management system is more fully defined.…”