Naslov/Title:

THE SCIENCE OF MANAGING NUCLEAR WASTE

Narocnik/Ordered by:

U.S. Comittee for Energy Awareness and Atomic Industrial Forum

Producent/Produced by:

The Film Group, Inc.

Leto/Year:

1986

Dolzina/Length:

18 min

Medij/Media:

VHS/PAL

Jezik/Language:

English

Povzetek/Abstract:

Shows the preparatory work (selection of suitable site, computer model testing of

geological stability and ground water movement, safe transport of waste) for the

1982 U.S. Nuclear Waste Policy Act about safe permanent disposal of high level

radioactve waste. The multiple engineered barrier approach to minimize risks is

presented with the example of the Nevada Climax Mine test site where the concept

of underground burial of waste in deep rock formations was monitored for three

years.

Podrocje/Field:

Radioactive Waste Management

Opombe/Remarks: