Аннотация:The first edition of this book was published in 2005 and was based on the
authors’ experience of working in both the nuclear industry and academia.
The second edition, published in 2013, was an improved version
accounting for the progress made and adding new chapters to expand the
scope of the book on subjects such as characterisation, storage and transportation.
This third edition is a further step forward in that while keeping
the basic structure and approach (that follows the lifecycle of waste!)
gives further updated and improved content.
We have added two new chapters—on power and non-power use of
nuclear energy that add value revealing potential sources of operational
and decommissioning nuclear waste. We also include two separate chapters
on disposal performance and safety because these activities have
become much more significant. In addition, all chapters have been
amended to account for new International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) regulatory guidance, and for technology progress and details
needed to understand in depth the core of nuclear waste activities at all
stages of nuclear waste life, from generation through processing and storage
to final disposal, and evaluation of “life after burial”; for example the
performance and safety of disposal sites.
We have also accounted for the international perspective, as one of
the authors (MIO) has worked for the last 7 years in the Department of
Nuclear Energy of the IAEA while the other authors (WEL and SNK)
were based in an academic environment and continue to be involved in
many national and international nuclear waste projects and activities. The
IAEA, which is the world's central intergovernmental forum for scientific
and technical cooperation in the nuclear field working for the safe, secure
and peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology, has invested a lot of
effort in eLearning courses, including Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste
Management, Decommissioning and Environmental Remediation (see
IAEA 2018; Learning Management System; http://elearning.iaea.org/m2/
course/index.php?categoryid560). The course is available through a clickable
map and concisely describes nuclear waste management (Fig. 1) with
the details to be found in this book as well as in references and bibliographies
given herewith.
We believe that the third edition is a much improved version of our
initial monograph and will be useful both as a reliable reference and a
learning handbook.