Environmental Issues & Waste Management Technologies in the Ceramic & Nuclear Industries III (Ceramic Transactions) (v. 3)

Geared toward professionals and researchers involved with environmental cleanup and implementation of environmental regulations, this book serves as a reference for technology development in the areas of low-level, mixed and high-level radioactive and hazardous waste management. Covers emerging issues regarding actinide stabilization, and performance assessment of various waste forms, and discusses current and evolving environmental regulations and issues related to the ceramic and nuclear industries.

Selected Contents

Radioactive Waste Management and Waste Form Performance in Radiological Environments
The Environmental Regulations and the Ceramic Industry
Monitoring and Control of Air Emissions
Historical Aspects of Radioactive Materials
Actinide Stabilization I
Waste Form Property Measurement and Modeling
High-Level Waste Processing and Vitrification
Hazardous Waste Stabilization and Alternative Waste Forms
Leaching, Durability and Performance Assessment of Waste Forms
Actinide Stabilization II
Low-Level Radioactive and Mixed Waste Vitrification
Ceramic Materials Development for Nuclear Applications

Papers from the 98th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas (1996) and the 99th Annual Meeting of The American Ceramic Society, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (1997).