A system optimization model for low-level nuclear waste disposal

Disposal of low-level radioactive waste.

The Act encouraged states to form regional compacts for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste (LLRW). The Act contained both positive and negative incentives. The positive incentive was a provision that allowed compacts to restrict access to their regional LLRW disposal facility to member states beginning in 1993, thus limiting the amount of waste disposed of in any state hosting a region...

Evaluation of Deep Drillholes for High Level Nuclear Waste Disposal

WENG-SHENG KUO B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Chung-Cheng Institute of Technology, Taiwan, R.O.C (1981) M.S. Nuclear Engineering, National Tsing-Hwa University, Taiwan, R.O.C. (1986) SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREES OF NUCLEAR ENGINEER and MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NUCLEAR ENGINEERING at the MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOL...

Nuclear waste disposal.

-Experiments are described in which dose-response data have been obtained for EMT6 mouse tumour cells growing in vivo and exposed to various cytotoxic agents. A comparison has been made of the response of solid tumours in the flank and of rapidly growing lung nodules. The results are discussed with regard to their cell kinetic implications and compared with our results for the chemosensitivity ...

Developments in Nuclear Waste Disposal

Are MUPs a Toxic Waste Disposal System?

Male house mice produce large quantities of major urinary proteins (MUPs), which function to bind and transport volatile pheromones, though they may also function as scavengers that bind and excrete toxic compounds ('toxic waste hypothesis'). In this study, we demonstrate the presence of an industrial chemical, 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol (DTBP), in the urine of wild-derived house mice (Mus musculu...