Radioactive Waste Disposal and Geology

Released on by Konrad Krauskopf
preview-18

  • Radioactive Waste Disposal and Geology Book Detail

  • Author : Konrad Krauskopf
  • Release Date : 2013-03-07
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Genre : Science
  • Pages : 157
  • ISBN 13 : 9400912013
  • File Size : 78,78 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

Radioactive Waste Disposal and Geology by Konrad Krauskopf PDF Summary

Book Description: The perception of radioactive waste as a major problem for the industrial world has developed only recently. Four decades ago the disposal of such waste was regarded as a relatively minor matter. Those were the heady days when nuclear fission seemed the answer to the world's energy needs: the two wartime bombs had demonstrated its awesome power, and now it was to be harnessed for the production of electricity, the excavation of canals, even the running of cars and airplanes. In all applications of fission some waste containing radioactive elements would be generated of course, but it seemed only a trivial annoyance, a problem whose solution could be deferred until the more exciting challenges of constructing reactors and devising more efficient weapons had been mastered. So waste accumulated, some in tanks and some buried in shallow trenches. These were recognized as only temporary, makeshift measures, because it was known that the debris would be hazardous to its surroundings for many thousands of years and hence that more permanent disposal would someday be needed. The difficulty of accomplishing this more lasting disposal only gradually became apparent. The difficulty has been compounded by uncertainty about the physiological effects oflow-Ievel radiation, by the inadequacy of detailed knowledge about the behavior of engineered and geologic materials over long periods under unusual conditions, and by the sensitization of popular fears about radiation in all its forms following widely publicized reactor accidents and leaks from waste storage sites.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Radioactive Waste Disposal and Geology books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Radioactive Waste Disposal and Geology

Radioactive Waste Disposal and Geology

File Size : 55,55 MB
Total View : 9739 Views
DOWNLOAD

The perception of radioactive waste as a major problem for the industrial world has developed only recently. Four decades ago the disposal of such waste was reg

Radioactive Waste Disposal and Geology

Radioactive Waste Disposal and Geology

File Size : 14,14 MB
Total View : 889 Views
DOWNLOAD

The perception of radioactive waste as a major problem for the industrial world has developed only recently. Four decades ago the disposal of such waste was reg