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PAPERBACK list:$35.50 Web:$31.95 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Free Resources Sign in to download PDF book and chapters PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Going the Distance? The Safe Transport of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in the United States Tank Waste Retrieval, Processing, and On-site Disposal at Three Department of Energy Sites: Final Report Other Related Titles Research Needs for High-Level Waste Stored in Tanks and Bins at U.S. Department of Energy Sites: Environmental Management Science Program (2001) Board on Radioactive Waste Management (BRWM) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 87   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More Page 87 Front Matter (R1-R12) Executive Summary (1-6) 1. Introduction (7-12) 2. Overview of HLW Challenges at DOE Sites (13-27) 3. Characterization (28-36) 4. Retrieval and Pretreatment (37-47) 5. Immobilization (48-64) 6. Tank Closure and Other Long-Term Issues (65-76) 7. EMSP Research Portfolio: Technological Risk and Desired Attributes (77-82) 8. Summary (83-86) References (87-94) Appendix A: Interim Report (95-107) Appendix B: Analysis of the EMSP Research Portfolio (108-113) Appendix C: Spent Nuclear Fuel Issues (114-114) Appendix D: EMSP Overview and HLW Research Program (115-119) Appendix E: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members (120-123) Appendix F: List of Presentations (124-125) Appendix G: Glossary (126-132) Appendix H: List of Acronyms (133-134)

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