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Uncertainty underground Yucca Mountain and the nation's high-level nuclear waste / edited by Allison M. Macfarlane and Rodney C. Ewing.
| Other author | Macfarlane, Allison. |
| Other author | Ewing, Rodney C. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, |
| Description | xxiii, 431 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from MIT Press Direct to Open Backfile HSS Monographs |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Nuclear waste story : setting the stage / Thomas A. Cotton -- Regulating the geologic disposal of high-level nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain / William M. Murphy -- Performance assessment : what is it and why is it done? / Chris Whipple -- Performance assessments : are they necessary or sufficient? / Rodney C. Ewing -- Technical policy decision making in siting a high-level nuclear waste repository / Allison M. Macfarlane -- The mountain matters / David Applegate -- Volcanism : the continuing saga / Bruce M. Crowe ... [et al.] -- Climate change at Yucca Mountain : lessons from earth history / MaryLynn Musgrove and Daniel P. Schrag -- Hot upwelling water : did it really invade Yucca Mountain? / Nicholas S.F. Wilson and Jean S. Cline -- Water and radionuclide transport in the unsaturated zone / June Fabryka-Martin ... [et al.] -- Colloidal transport of radionuclides / Annie B. Kersting -- Contaminant transport in the saturated zone at Yucca Mountain / Lynn W. Belhar -- Thermohydrologic effects and interactions / G.S. Bodvarsson -- The near field at Yucca Mountain : effects of coupled processes on nuclear water isolation / William M. Murphy -- Waste package corrosion / David W. Shoesmith -- Drip shield and backfill / David Stahl -- Zircaloy cladding / Eric R. Siegmann -- Spent fuel / Jordi Bruno and Esther Cera -- Glass / Werner Lutze -- Storing waste in ceramic / WiIliam L. Bourcier and Kurt Sickafus -- The path to Yucca Mountain and beyond / Luther J. Carter -- Uncertainty, models, and the way forward in nuclear waste disposal / Allison M. Macfarlane. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2005056218 |
| ISBN | 0262134624 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0262633329 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |