Risk and Decisions about Disposition of Transuranic and High-Level Radioactive Waste. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (229 pages) 
<br/><br/>Intro -- List of Report Reviewers -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction and Background -- 2 Why Consider Flexibility in Disposal Options? -- 3 Exemption Process -- 4 A Risk-Informed Approach: Procedures and Criteria for Risk Assessment to Support an Exemption Process -- 5 Impediments to a Successful Application of the Risk-Informed Approach -- 6 Findings and Recommendations -- References -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Overview: Risk Assessment -- Appendix B Summary of Previous Studies and Programs Aimed at Incorporating Risk into DOE Environmental Management Decision Making -- Appendix C Information-Gathering Meetings -- Appendix D Glossary -- Appendix E Biographical Sketches of Committee Members. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780309547871 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Radioactive waste disposal-Risk assessment-United States.<br/>Radioactive waste sites-Cleanup.<br/>Radioactive waste disposal-United States.<br/>Radioactive wastes-Management.<br/>Radioactive wastes-Environmental aspects.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TD898.14.R57N36 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.7289