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- Australia's Radioactive Waste Repository Site Selection - Investigations aimed at finding and establishing a disposal site. Managed by Commonwealth of Australia Department of Industry, Science and Resources.
www.isr.gov.au/resources/radwaste
- Center for Nuclear and Toxic Waste Management - University of California, Berkeley. Reports on technical and sociopolitical aspects of nuclear and toxic waste management.
cnwm.berkeley.edu/cnwm
- Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses, Southwest Research Institute - U.S. federally funded R&D center sponsored by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to resolve technical and regulatory issues related to a geologic repository for high level nuclear waste.
www.swri.org/4org/d20/d20home.htm
- Civilian Nuclear Spent Fuel Temporary Storage Options (US) - Report produced by the Congressional Research Service on current spent fuel storage, future options and relevant background.
www.cnie.org/nle/waste-20.html
- Curriculum Module: Nuclear Waste - Lesson plan for teaching a unit on the long term storage of nuclear waste. Provides materials list, objectives, procedures and references.
earth.fhda.edu/curriculum/nuclear/home.htm
- Deep Geologic Repository - About the project to develop a spent nuclear fuel repository in the Czech Republic, including research and development and siting activities.
www.vidivici.cz/surao/starta.htm
- Disposal of High Level Waste - Defines high level waste, explains necessity for disposal and options available, addresses costs and safety issues. Prepared by the Nuclear Energy Agency, references cited.
www.nea.fr/html/brief/brief-03.html
- DOE Central Internet Database - US Department of Energy data and reports on US spent fuel and radioactive waste inventories, DOE waste management, and DOE cleanup sites.
cid.em.doe.gov
- DOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management - Information on the Yucca Mountain Project, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, waste acceptance, quality assurance, and current legislative progress.
www.rw.doe.gov/homejava/homejava.htm
- Draft Reports Confirm Hanford Tank Farm Leaks Contributing Source of Groundwater Contamination -
www.hanford.gov/press/1997/97-096.htm
- Global Experience in Waste Disposal - Report on existing nuclear waste disposal technology by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Discusses a wide variety of practices, evaluates suitability for various types of waste.
www.iaea.or.at/worldatom/inforesource/bulletin/bull391/bonne.html#author
- Grimsel Test Site (Phase V) - Deep underground rock laboratory in the Swiss Alps, operated by a consortium of countries and companies investigating long-term chemical and nuclear waste disposal. Describes planned and ongoing research projects in radionuclide transport, rock characterization, fiber optic monitoring, groundwater modelling, gas migration, and other areas.
www.grimsel.com
- Hanford Spent Nuclear Fuel Program - Program description, goals, methods, and progress thus far. Provides photos, press releases and related links, as well as background information.
www.hanford.gov/doe/snf/index.html
- Hydrofracture Projects - Links to data available on a number of experimental projects in hydrofracture for radioactive waste disposal.
www.hydrofrac.com/hfn_home.html
- LBL Nuclear Waste Department - Information about Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Earth Sciences Division research related to Yucca Mountain and other aspects of radioactive waste management.
www-esd.lbl.gov/NW/nwd.shtml
- Low-level Nuclear Waste Disposal Sites - Update and hearing summary on low-level nuclear waste disposal. Issues include Texas compact and Ward Valley site. Reported by the American Geological Institute Government Affairs Program.
www.agiweb.org/agi/legis105/lownuke.html
- Low-Level Radioactive Waste - A series of fact sheets on various aspects of low level waste handling, storage and disposal produced by Ohio State University.
www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~rer
- Measures for securing radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel in Murmansk and Archangelsk counties - Bellona Foundation Working Paper on nuclear environmental concerns involving Russian nuclear materials on the Kola Peninsula.
www.bellona.no/e/russia/wp99-1
- National Academy of Sciences Board on Radioactive Waste Management - Concerned with safe and responsible management of radioactive wastes--including spent fuel, high-level waste from reprocessing, transuranic waste, low-level waste, mixed waste and naturally occurring radioactive materials. Scientific and technical analyses as well as policy advice on waste processing, management and disposal.
www4.nas.edu/brwm/brwm-res.nsf
- National Spent Nuclear Fuel Program - Fact sheets on spent fuel issues and background, program mission, lessons learned, progress thus far, data on spent fuel, links, contact information and calendar.
nsnfp.inel.gov
- NRC Radioactive Waste - Presents information about types of regulated waste and activities, responsibilities of NRC and related information. Also links to other NRC web pages.
www.nrc.gov/NRC/radwaste.html
- Nuclear Safety Storage and Encasement System (NSSES) - Describes a prefabricated system that could be used for on-site interim (retrievable) storage of low- and high-level radioactive waste, including spent fuel and plutonium.
www.plutoniumstorage.com/home.htm
- Nuclear Waste - Information on nuclear waste including disposal, politics, news and environmental impact.
www.nuclearwaste.com
- Nuclear Waste Burners - News, papers, articles regarding nuclear waste burners. Has newsletter, links to major publications.
nucleartimes.jrc.nl
- Nuclear Waste Project Office - Information about NWPO, Yucca Mountain, Neveda test site, NWPO news, and policy, legal and key technical issues.
www.state.nv.us/nucwaste
- Nuclear Waste Storage - Prepared by the Office of Environmental Management of the Department of Energy, this document outlines the types of waste, the goals for storage, and describes methods used. Illustrated.
www.em.doe.gov/em30/waststor.html
- Nukem Nuclear Technologies - Nuclear Engineering, Waste Management, and Decommissioning Services
www.nukem.com
- Pahrump Nuclear Waste Advisory Committee - Committee established in the small, unincorporated town of Pahrump, Nevada, to advise the town on nuclear waste issues. Introduces the members and their areas of expertise, and gives information about the work of the committee.
nstg.nevada.edu/PAHRUMP.html
- Posiva Oy - Information from the organization responsible for radioactive waste management in Finland.
www.posiva.fi/englanti/index.html
- Private Fuel Storage, LLC - A consortium of electric power companies, PFS applied to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a license to build a temporary storage facility on the Skull Valley Goshute Reservation in Utah.
www.privatefuelstorage.com
- Radioactive Waste - Information, plans, practices and experiences on radioactive waste management disposal amongst the member societies of the International Nuclear Societies Council (INSC).
www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/%7EINSC/INSCAP/Radwaste.html
- Radioactive Waste Management Associates - A private, New York City-based consulting firm specialized in evaluating the health and economic effects of radioactive waste management, transportation, and storage. Site has information and links on radwaste management topics.
www.rwma.com
- Sandia National Laboratories Nuclear Waste Program - Documents related to research and analyses on Yucca Mountain, WIPP, and legacy waste management.
www.nwer.sandia.gov
- Securad, Inc. - Canadian project working to develop a facility for the Monitored Retrievable Disposal (MRD) of civilian spent nuclear fuel in deep, dry, stable bedrock, with full retrievability for possible future recycling.
www.securad.com
- Sierra Club - Nuclear Waste Task Force - Nuclear waste overview, maps, links, news briefs and Sierra Club policies on nuclear issues.
www.sierraclub.org/nuclearwaste
- SKB - The storage of radioactive waste - Outlines goals of search for a disposal site for spent nuclear fuel generated in the three cities with nuclear power plants in Sweden. Provides background on the company formed to handle the waste as well as a reference section.
www.skb.se/english
- South Carolina Radioactive Waste Disposal Program - Information about the State-owned low-level radioactive waste disposal facility in Barnwell County. Provides customer access information and prices. Also provides numerous technical documents on history, policies and practices for disposal of commercial low-level radioactive waste in the U.S.
www.state.sc.us/energy/llrwdisposal.htm
- Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel - Information about storage options available for spent nuclear fuel and links to other Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) pages.
www.nrc.gov/waste/spent-fuel-storage.html
- T-REX: Transportation Resource Exchange Center - Information and internet links on topics related to the transport of radioactive and nuclear materials and wastes.
www.trex-center.org
- The Siting of Radioactive Waste Storage Facilities - Discusses criteria for choosing a site, past experiences, the need for additional sites and makes suggestions for future improvements. Bibliography.
www.soc.iastate.edu/sapp/soc130hwR24b.html
- The Virtual Repository - Profiles the situation in countries actively engaged in siting or developing facilities for disposal of nuclear waste of all categories.
cobweb.quantisci.co.uk/VRepository
- Tonawanda Nuclear Site Info - Tonawanda Nuclear Site Info is a collection of current information and historical documents related to the mismanagement of FUSRAP nuclear wastes at the former Manhattan Project's Tonawanda, NY site.
www.bfn.org/~nuclear
- Transmutation of Radioactive Waste - A program of the NEA Data Bank of the OECD. A general introduction to transmutation of radioactive waste, information on Transmutation with nuclear reactors, Accelerator-based transmutation, and chemical aspects of transmutation. Also general nuclear data.
www.nea.fr/html/trw/index.html
- U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board - The NWTRB is an independent agency of the U.S. Government. Its sole purpose is to provide independent scientific and technical oversight of the U.S. program for management and disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel from nuclear power plants.
www.nwtrb.gov
- UK National Consensus Conference on Radioactive Waste Management (UK) - Report of the conference, explains the goals and procedures used to arrive at the final document, describes the choice of witnesses and panelists, provides some background on waste.
www.ukceed.org/conference/consensus_index.htm
- Ward Valley - Update and hearing summary on Ward Valley low-level nuclear waste disposal site. Reported by American Geological Institute Government Affairs Program.
www.agiweb.org/agi/legis105/ward.html
- Waste Management in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle - Briefing paper by the Uranium Information Center, Australia on nuclear waste management as a part of the fuel cycle. Addresses waste disposal practices worldwide.
www.uic.com.au/nip09.htm
- WIPP Exhibit: Message to 12,000 A.D. - Excerpts from the report of a government panel created to research methods of reliably warning future generations of radioactive nuclear waste sites. Recommended for all dangerous sites but specifically created for the WIPP.
www.halcyon.com/blackbox/hw/wipp/wipp.html
- RadWaste.org - Guide to radioactive waste, nuclear and radiation related resources on the internet. Categorized directory with more than 1700 links.
www.radwaste.org
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