The Reporter's Handbook on Nuclear Materials, Energy & Waste Management (eBook)

Contents Preface and AcknowledgmentsPart I. Getting StartedHow to Use the HandbookWhy Now? Why This Discussion? Crosscutting ThemesCovering Nukes: Play Hard, but Play FairPart II. BriefsSection 1: Radionuclides and Human Health EffectsSection 2: Nuclear Energy and Other Civilian UsesSustainability: Will There Be Enough Uranium and Nuclear Fuel and At What Cost? Closing the Civilian Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Spent (Used) Nuclear Fuel : The Opportunity and the ChallengeNuclear Power Plant Safety SystemsThree Mile Island and Chernobyl: What Happened and Lessons LearnedDecommissioning Nuclear FacilitiesTransportation of Nuclear WasteThe Economics of Nuclear PowerCivilian Uses of Radiation and Radioactive Material (Other than Commercial Nuclear Power) Other Sources Relevant to Section 2Section 3: Nuclear Waste ManagementNuclear Waste Policy in the U.S: Classification, Management and DispositionMonitoring and Surveillance of Nuclear Waste SitesImpact of Radionuclides and Nuclear Waste Management on Non-Humans and EcosystemsLong-Term Surveillance and Maintenance at Closed Nuclear Waste SitesOther Sources Relevant to Section 3Section 4: Nuclear Weapons, Terrorism, and Non-ProliferationManaging the Nuclear Weapons LegacyDirty Bombs (Radiological Dispersa Devices) Nuclear Non-ProliferationProtecting Nuclear Power Plants Against TerrorismInternational Agencies and PolicyOther Sources Relevant to Section 4Section 5: Risk Perception and Risk CommunicationGlobal Warming and Fuel SourcesPublic Perceptions of Risk and Nuclear Power, Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear WasteRisk Communications about Nuclear MaterialsOther Sources Relevant to Section 5Part III. Additional ResourcesHistory of Nuclear Power in the United States and WorldwideImportant Federal Legislation and RegulationsList of American Nuclear Society PositionsBackground About Key Organizations Related to US Nuclear ProgramsKey SourcesGlossaryContributorsIndex