Radioactive Waste Management

"This book on the management of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel presents readers with assessing the generation and origin of waste, its life cycle, the selection of appropriate strategies and concepts for its management, and the methods and technologies for its processing and final disposal. Readers may also be interested in methods for assessing the safety of processing systems, issues relating to waste generated during the decommissioning of nuclear facilities, or the remediation of older radioactive contamination, including contamination resulting from nuclear weapons testing, improper waste handling, work with radium, and the extraction of radioactive and non-radioactive raw materials. The author also mentions safety issues associated with waste, the resolution of which requires international conventions to which the Czech Republic has acceded in connection with its membership of the European Union. The book is supplemented by chapters on thesocio-political and economic aspects of waste disposal and on the legislative framework in this field in the Czech Republic. The publication can serve to clarify the risks arising from the need to manage the radioactive waste produced by this generation without burdening future generations. The Czech Republic is a country that produces radioactive waste from two nuclear power plants and a wide range of medical, research and industrial institutions; it operates three repositories, oversees one closed facility, and is planning the construction of a further deep geological repository. Although the extraction of radioactive raw materials, nuclear research and nuclear energy have been practised in our country for a very long time, no comprehensive publication on waste disposal had previously been published here."