Covers the technologies used to trace, track, & safeguard nuclear material. This book

Includes:: 30 chapters

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Presents the methods & data needed to evaluate & manage the safety of nuclear facilities & related processes using risk-based safety analysis. This book provides readers with the techniques to assess the consequences of radioactive releases. It covers relevant international & regional safety criteria (US, IAEA, EUR, PUN, URD, & INI). ...

Light Water Reactors (LWRs) poses the most risk to the public. LWRs are the predominant nuclear reactor in use around the world. This book emphasizes the prevention & management of severe accidents, in order to teach nuclear professionals how to mitigate potential risks to the public to the maximum extent possible. ...

The detection technique based on using track detectors is called solid state nuclear track detection (SSNTD). This book features the applications of this technique in various scientific areas. It describes the application of the ray tracing method to light propagation through etched tracks. It summarizes the applications using CR-39 detectors. ...

A collection of archive information films revealing how the British government communicated the nuclear threat to its people over four decades from the 1950s to the 1980s. Films are: ' The Waking Point' (1951), ' Civil Defence Newsreels' (1951/1952), ' Civil Defence Get New Gear' (1955), ' Defence Sense' (1956), ' Atomic Attack' (1958), ' The Warden, His Duties & Training' (1961), ' The Warden & the Householder' (1961), ' Bertrand Russell Has Fear of Nuclear War' (1961), ' Hole in the Ground' (1962), '700 Practice Civil Defence' (1962), ' Seven Civil Defence Warning Films' (1964), ' Care of the Homeless' (1965), ' Sound an Alarm' (1971), ' Protect & Survive' (1976) & ' Should Disaster Strike' (1987). ...

Management of civilian radioactive waste has posed difficult issues for Congress since the beginning of the nuclear power industry in the 1950s. This title examines the key attributes, challenges, alternatives, & costs of the Yucca Mountain repository, & the liability issues of nuclear waste disposal. ...