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The Impact of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Policy on Biomedical Research in the United States.

Material type: TextTextPublisher: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2001Copyright date: ©2001Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (66 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780309565196
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Impact of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Policy on Biomedical Research in the United StatesLOC classification:
  • TD898.118.I46 2001
Online resources:
Contents:
The Impact of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Policy on Biomedical Research in the United States -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND OF THIS REPORT -- BACKGROUND TO LLRW-MANAGEMENT POLICY -- A. Medicine -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- B. Biomedical Research -- C. Nuclear Power Plants -- 2 CHARACTERISTICS OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE -- 3 CHALLENGES TO THE BIOMEDICAL INVESTIGATOR -- REGULATION -- DISPOSAL COST -- ACCESS TO DISPOSAL -- Legal Framework -- Current Status of Disposal -- Testing the System: Closures of Barnwell -- Michigan -- North Carolina -- Barnwell Disposal Site Closure: 1994-1995 -- Changes - Barnwell and Envirocare -- 4 ADAPTATIONS AND WASTE MINIMIZATIONS -- OVERVIEW -- IMPROVED MANAGEMENT -- STORAGE PRACTICES -- TREATMENT PRACTICES -- LLRW DISPOSAL PRACTICES -- MINIMIZING THE USE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS -- USE OF NONRADIOLOGICAL MATERIALS -- 5 CONCLUSIONS -- 6 RECOMMENDATIONS -- APPENDIX A Cost Trade off Analysis -- REFERENCES -- GLOSSARY -- COMMITTEE BIOGRAPHIES -- STUDY DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY.
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The Impact of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Policy on Biomedical Research in the United States -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND OF THIS REPORT -- BACKGROUND TO LLRW-MANAGEMENT POLICY -- A. Medicine -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- B. Biomedical Research -- C. Nuclear Power Plants -- 2 CHARACTERISTICS OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE -- 3 CHALLENGES TO THE BIOMEDICAL INVESTIGATOR -- REGULATION -- DISPOSAL COST -- ACCESS TO DISPOSAL -- Legal Framework -- Current Status of Disposal -- Testing the System: Closures of Barnwell -- Michigan -- North Carolina -- Barnwell Disposal Site Closure: 1994-1995 -- Changes - Barnwell and Envirocare -- 4 ADAPTATIONS AND WASTE MINIMIZATIONS -- OVERVIEW -- IMPROVED MANAGEMENT -- STORAGE PRACTICES -- TREATMENT PRACTICES -- LLRW DISPOSAL PRACTICES -- MINIMIZING THE USE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS -- USE OF NONRADIOLOGICAL MATERIALS -- 5 CONCLUSIONS -- 6 RECOMMENDATIONS -- APPENDIX A Cost Trade off Analysis -- REFERENCES -- GLOSSARY -- COMMITTEE BIOGRAPHIES -- STUDY DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY.

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