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Nuclear Decommissioning, Waste Management, and Environmental Site Remediation
Decommissioning nuclear facilities is a relatively new field, which has developed rapidly in the last ten years. It involves materials that may be highly radioactive and therefore require sophisticated methods of containment and remote handling. The wastes arising from decommissioning are hazardous and have to be stored or disposed of safely in order to protect the environment and future generations. Nuclear decommissioning work must be carried out to the highest possible standards to protect workers, the general public and the environment. This book describes the techniques used for dismantling redundant nuclear facilities, the safe storage of radioactive wastes and the restoration of nuclear licensed sites.
* Describes the techniques used for dismantling nuclear facilities, safe storage of radioactive wastes, and the restoration of nuclear licensed facilities. * Provides the reader with decommissioning experience accumulated over 15 years by UKAEA. * Contains valuable information to personnel new to decommissioning and waste management.
* Describes the techniques used for dismantling nuclear facilities, safe storage of radioactive wastes, and the restoration of nuclear licensed facilities. * Provides the reader with decommissioning experience accumulated over 15 years by UKAEA. * Contains valuable information to personnel new to decommissioning and waste management.
352 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2003
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September 15, 2023
2.5 stars
This book (read for my PhD) was a mix of fascinating (how exactly we handle nuclear waste in this country in loving detail) and deathly dull (several chapters of painstaking detail on how decommissioning plans are made and the management structures used.) In short: the practical actions were interesting, the bureaucracy was mind-numbing.
There was also a weird mix of what information you were given. Do you know what scabbling is? Well I didn't until I googled it (a method of removing a top layer of concrete) and I had to google it because at no point did the book tell me terms like this. However, what it did tell me was exactly what the three categories of shears were and what sorts of things they could cut, if I was planning my own decommissioning activities on my own down to the sorts of tools for every possible step and material.
Definitely recommend if you're suddenly put in charge of decommissioning a nuclear power plant or reprocessing centre with no prior training and have to do the entire thing by yourself or are doing a PhD related to decommissioning and want/need a detailed look at the processes involved in order to situate your thesis in context (there's very little actual nuclear physics in the book though - you'll need another textbook for that!) Can't see any other reason to read it
This book (read for my PhD) was a mix of fascinating (how exactly we handle nuclear waste in this country in loving detail) and deathly dull (several chapters of painstaking detail on how decommissioning plans are made and the management structures used.) In short: the practical actions were interesting, the bureaucracy was mind-numbing.
There was also a weird mix of what information you were given. Do you know what scabbling is? Well I didn't until I googled it (a method of removing a top layer of concrete) and I had to google it because at no point did the book tell me terms like this. However, what it did tell me was exactly what the three categories of shears were and what sorts of things they could cut, if I was planning my own decommissioning activities on my own down to the sorts of tools for every possible step and material.
Definitely recommend if you're suddenly put in charge of decommissioning a nuclear power plant or reprocessing centre with no prior training and have to do the entire thing by yourself or are doing a PhD related to decommissioning and want/need a detailed look at the processes involved in order to situate your thesis in context (there's very little actual nuclear physics in the book though - you'll need another textbook for that!) Can't see any other reason to read it
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