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| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Andersen, Ralph L. Sowder, Andrew G. |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Abstract | T is the seventh and final installment in a series of articles in Health Physics News that provides an overview of nuclear power so that the effect of a resurgence of this energy source on the profession of health physics can be anticipated. The previous six articles (Health Physics News July, September, and November 2008 and January, March, and September 2009) have presented an overview of the different elements of nuclear power generation, including uranium recovery, uranium conversion and isotopic enrichment, fuel fabrication, and nuclear power plant design, construction, operation, and decommissioning. This final article in the series covers the so-called back end of the fuel cycle—the ultimate disposition path for irradiated nuclear fuel. As you will read in this article, the path contains a number of options and no small amount of uncertainty about which options may be selected. As with our previous articles in this series, we are fortunate to have an author, Andrew Sowder, PhD, CHP, who is an expert on the subject matter. In light of the fluidity of our own national policy on used nuclear fuel management, Health Physics News Editor-in-Chief Gen Roessler and I encouraged Sowder to convey his own well-informed views on how the political and sociological challenges associated with the development of a national used nuclear fuel management policy may play out, in addition to providing us with an in-depth understanding of the underlying science and technology of this issue. |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://hps.org/documents/resurgence_nuclear_power.pdf |
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| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
