Nuclear Back-end and Transmutation Technology for Waste Disposal Beyond the Fukushima Accident /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nakajima, Ken (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Environment.; Nuclear physics.; Nuclear engineering.; Radiation protection.; Radiation > Safety measures.; Waste management.; Pollution prevention.; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection.; Nuclear Engineering.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.; Waste Management/Waste Technology.; Industrial Pollution Prevention.

This book covers essential aspects of transmutation technologies, highlighting especially the advances in Japan. The accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) has caused us to focus attention on a large amount of spent nuclear fuels stored in NPPs. In addition, public anxiety regar...