The reprocessing of nuclear spent fuel generates highly radioactive liquid wastes (HLW) that must be isolated from the biosphere in very durable so...

The United States and its allies are in a complex nuclear age, with potential adversaries modernising their arsenals, new nuclear technologies emer...

The Bush Administration has pursued several avenues to attempt to contain or end the potential threat posed by Iran, at times pursuing limited enga...

Recent years have witnessed the intensification of international debates on Iranian nuclear programme. This book aims to further enrich the underst...

It has been twenty-five years now since the accident occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. In the early days after the disaster, it was di...

The Chernobyl disaster of 1986 is among the largest technogenic catastrophes in the history of humankind. The vast territories of Ukraine, Republic...

This important book delineates experimental studies of effects of low dose irradiation on biological objects (organisms, cells, and biomolecules an...

Little is known about lithium-7 production in China and Russia and whether their supplies can meet future domestic demand. According to industry re...

During the late 1990s, the Department of Energy (DOE) had difficulties with a lack of clear management authority and responsibility that contribute...

Based on the authors' recent investigations, this book describes the application of glassy and polyphase composite materials for nuclear waste immo...

This book presents and reviews the current nuclear ambitions and issues of several Middle Eastern countries such as: Iran, Pakistan, United Arab Em...

Today when the world is facing serious energy crisis and climate change problems, the issue of nuclear energy and power has regained much importanc...

The United States (US) program for siting interim storage and permanent disposal facilities for used nuclear fuel (UNF) is at a crossroads. The Mar...

The seismic design criteria applied to sitting commercial nuclear power plants operating in the U.S. received increased attention following the Mar...

The March 2011 accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant led to a worldwide review of nuclear power programs. NRC licenses and over...

This book is a compilation of hearings before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Nuclear Terrorism in 2008. It includes...

Almost 30 years ago, Congress addressed increasing concerns regarding the management of the nation's growing stockpile of nuclear waste by calling ...

The disposal of nuclear waste is becoming a major concern. Many nuclear power plants around the world are nearing the end of their operating lives....

The Department of Energy (DOE) faces significant technical challenges in successfully constructing and operating the Waste Treatment and Immobiliza...

Covers the area of major impacts of nuclear weapons and explosions in its totality and gives a detailed fact sheet on nuclear weapons and accidents...

Although the Cold War is over, the world is awash with nuclear weapons and materials. There is a high probability for a nuclear disaster involving ...

Weapons of mass destruction (WMD), especially in the hands of radical states and terrorists, represent a major threat to U.S. national security int...

Radioactive wastes are wastes that contain radioactive material and are usually by-products of nuclear power generation and other applications of n...

This book examines the Near-Term Task Force, which was established in response to Commission direction to conduct a systematic and methodical revie...