Abstract
For purposes of management, radioactive wastes are categorized as defense wastes or civilian wastes. Defense wastes include all government-generated nuclear waste, most of which come from the national weapons program, although a small part result from nondefense government research and development activities. Civilian wastes include high-level wastes (HLW) from power reactors, low-level (LLW) and other non-high-level wastes, and spent fuel. The types of wastes and their inventories are described in detail in Chapter 4.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1984 Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Brookins, D.G. (1984). Radioactive Waste Management. In: Geochemical Aspects of Radioactive Waste Disposal. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8254-6_2
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8254-6_2
Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY
Print ISBN: 978-1-4613-8256-0
Online ISBN: 978-1-4613-8254-6
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive