First published in 1986: The Purpose of this book is to provide working managers with a comprehensive introduction to practical operational aspects of hazardous waste management and with an extremely important foundation in relevant laws, rules and...Loe edasi...
Offers a guide to current environmental health and safety statutes--providing a working knowledge of the major legislations and regulations and demonstrating the steps necessary for compliance. Illustrates overall health and safety management skills...Loe edasi...
Drawing upon sources including EURATOM and the OECD, the author offers a detailed overview of the current state of radioactive waste management (RWM) in the EU. Extrapolating insights from other contested energy infrastructures, this book highlight...Loe edasi...
Introduction to Chemical Exposure and Risk Assessment focuses on the principles involved in assessing the risks from chemical exposure. These principles include the perception of risk, an understanding of how numbers are handled, and how chemicals a...Loe edasi...
This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of location economics, environmental science, risk analysis and land-use planning. It will also be of great relevance to decision-makers and their major advisers who must make choices abou...Loe edasi...
This new book presents the best practices for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste, and compares the leading methodologies of Very Deep Hole (VDH) and Mined Repository (MR) approaches. It also assesses their respective waste isolation capaci...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Nov-2014, Kirjastus: John Wiley & Sons Inc, ISBN-13: 9781118511992)
Cementitious materials are an essential part in any radioactive waste disposal facility. Conditioning processes such as cementation are used to convert waste into a stable solid form that is insoluble and will prevent dispersion to the surrounding e...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Aug-2009, Kirjastus: John Wiley & Sons Inc, ISBN-13: 9780470538371)
This book documents a special collection of articles from a select group of invited prominent scientists from academia, national laboratories and industry who presented their work at the symposia on Environmental and Energy Issues at the 2008 Materi...Loe edasi...
Offers an introduction to hazardous materials, providing historical insight into toxins. The book explores the health effects of hazardous materials; risk assessment; the transportation and management of hazardous materials; waste characterization a...Loe edasi...
This well-documented study examines one of the increasingly pressing problems for US homeland security: the storage and management of radioactive waste. It explores nuclear waste problems through the broader lens of federal, state and local governme...Loe edasi...
Offers an overview of sources of radioactive waste. This book provides an introduction to radioactive decay and radiation shielding calculations. It covers management and disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste; low-level waste; transura...Loe edasi...
Offers a broad overview of hazardous waste management. This text covers the roles of science and technology in the standards-setting processes. It presents materials on environmental issues and impacts, hazardous waste treatment technologies, site a...Loe edasi...
Covers public health policy, the abilities of the EPA, and the effectiveness of CERCLA. This book addresses why: hazardous waste issues must be examined, risk management must extend beyond waste site clean up, disease prevention must be a priority,...Loe edasi...
