LEADER 00000cam 2200565Ki 4500 001 ocn701720062 003 OCoLC 005 20170927053200.3 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 110214s2010 caua ob 000 0 eng d 019 855363452|a860422493|a872167374|a961503550|a962571816 |a988505154|a992115847|a994609402 020 9780833051158|q(electronic bk.) 020 0833051156|q(electronic bk.) 027 RAND/MG-970-RC 035 (OCoLC)701720062|z(OCoLC)855363452|z(OCoLC)860422493 |z(OCoLC)872167374|z(OCoLC)961503550|z(OCoLC)962571816 |z(OCoLC)988505154|z(OCoLC)992115847|z(OCoLC)994609402 037 22573/cttgkbb|bJSTOR 040 N$T|beng|epn|erda|cN$T|dE7B|dYDXCP|dCOD|dEBLCP|dOCLCQ|dKLG |dTUU|dOCLCQ|dJSTOR|dOCLCF|dDEBSZ|dTEFOD|dDKDLA|dOCLCQ |dOCLCO|dNLE|dTEFOD|dOCLCQ|dAZK|dCOO|dAGLDB|dCUS|dMOR |dPIFAG|dZCU|dMERUC|dOCLCQ 043 n-us--- 049 CKEA 050 4 TD898.118|b.M326 2010eb 082 04 363.72/895610973|222 088 MG-970-RC 245 00 Managing spent nuclear fuel :|bstrategy alternatives and policy implications /|cTom LaTourrette [and others]. 264 1 Santa Monica, CA :|bRAND,|c2010. 300 1 online resource (xxiii, 71 pages) :|billustrations. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 490 1 Rand Corporation monograph series ;|vMG-970-RC 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-71). 505 0 Where we are now, how we got here, and the decisions we face -- Technical approaches to spent-nuclear fuel management -- Review of institutional, statutory, and regulatory arrangements -- Policy implications of alternative strategies. 520 Increasing awareness of the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has renewed interest in nuclear power generation. At the same time, the longstanding logjam over how to manage spent nuclear fuel continues to hamper the expansion of nuclear power. If nuclear power is to be a sustainable option for the United States, methods for managing spent fuel that meet stringent safety and environmental standards must be implemented. This monograph evaluates the main technical and institutional approaches to spent nuclear fuel management and identifies implications for the development of spent fuel management policy. The authors find that on-site storage, centralized interim storage, and permanent geological disposal are generally safe, secure, and low- to moderate-cost approaches with no insurmountable technical obstacles. Advanced fuel cycles enabling spent-fuel recycling could reduce waste repository capacity needs but are difficult to evaluate because they still in early research stages. Public acceptance challenges stand as a major impediment to any technical approach. The analysis shows that the technical approaches can be combined in different ways to form different spent fuel management strategies that can be distinguished primarily in terms of societal preferences in three areas: the disposition of spent fuel, the growth of nuclear power, and intergenerational trade- offs. 588 0 Print version record. 650 0 Radioactive waste disposal|xGovernment policy|zUnited States. 650 0 Spent reactor fuels|xStorage|xGovernment policy|zUnited States. 650 7 SCIENCE|xEnvironmental Science.|2bisacsh 650 7 SCIENCE|xPhysics|xNuclear.|2bisacsh 650 7 Radioactive waste disposal|xGovernment policy.|2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01087835 650 7 Spent reactor fuels|xStorage|xGovernment policy.|2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01129545 651 7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 700 1 LaTourrette, Tom,|d1963- 710 2 Rand Environment, Energy, and Economic Development (Program) 776 08 |iPrint version:|tManaging spent nuclear fuel.|dSanta Monica, CA : RAND, 2010|z9780833051080|w(DLC) 2010045433 |w(OCoLC)688999195 830 0 Rand Corporation monograph series. 914 ocn701720062 994 92|bCKE
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