| Description |
xxiii, 431 p. : ill., maps. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Nuclear waste story : setting the stage / Thomas A. Cotton -- Regulating the geologic disposal of high-level nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain / William M. Murphy -- Performance assessment : what is it and why is it done? / Chris Whipple -- Performance assessments : are they necessary or sufficient? / Rodney C. Ewing -- Technical policy decision making in siting a high-level nuclear waste repository / Allison M. Macfarlane -- The mountain matters / David Applegate -- Volcanism : the continuing saga / Bruce M. Crowe ... [et al.] -- Climate change at Yucca Mountain : lessons from earth history / MaryLynn Musgrove and Daniel P. Schrag -- Hot upwelling water : did it really invade Yucca Mountain? / Nicholas S.F. Wilson and Jean S. Cline -- Water and radionuclide transport in the unsaturated zone / June Fabryka-Martin ... [et al.] -- Colloidal transport of radionuclides / Annie B. Kersting -- Contaminant transport in the saturated zone at Yucca Mountain / Lynn W. Belhar -- Thermohydrologic effects and interactions / G.S. Bodvarsson -- The near field at Yucca Mountain : effects of coupled processes on nuclear water isolation / William M. Murphy -- Waste package corrosion / David W. Shoesmith -- Drip shield and backfill / David Stahl -- Zircaloy cladding / Eric R. Siegmann -- Spent fuel / Jordi Bruno and Esther Cera -- Glass / Werner Lutze -- Storing waste in ceramic / WiIliam L. Bourcier and Kurt Sickafus -- The path to Yucca Mountain and beyond / Luther J. Carter -- Uncertainty, models, and the way forward in nuclear waste disposal / Allison M. Macfarlane. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Radioactive waste disposal in the ground -- Nevada -- Yucca Mountain.
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Radioactive waste sites -- Nevada -- Yucca Mountain -- Evaluation.
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Geology -- Nevada -- Yucca Mountain Region.
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Radioactive waste disposal -- Government policy -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Macfarlane, Allison.
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Ewing, Rodney C.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0262134624 (alk. paper) |
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0262633329 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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