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The Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee’s Advice on the Application of Partitioning and Transmutation in the UK
Auteur | RWMAC |
6-01-5-56-23.pdf | |
Datum | december 2003 |
Classificatie | 6.01.5.56/23 (AFVAL - ACTINIDEN (-TRANSMUTATIE/VERBRANDEN)) |
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Uit de publicatie:
Contents Page Foreword 2 Executive Summary 3 1. Introduction 9 2. Partitioning and transmutation – the social context 12 3. The history of UK interest in partitioning and transmutation 15 4. The reasons behind the continuing research programmes into partitioning and transmutation in the USA, France, Japan and the European Union 18 5. The current status of the technology 20 6. A complete partitioning and transmutation system design – the current investment gap 26 7. Application of partitioning and transmutation in the UK 27 8. Partitioning and transmutation linked to future nuclear generation 31 References 32 Annexes A. Partitioning and transmutation and the UK nuclear industry 33 B. The partitioning and transmutation programme in France 35 C. European Union policy and research and development into partitioning and transmutation 40 D. The partitioning and transmutation programme in Japan 48 E. The partitioning and transmutation programme in the USA 54 Appendices 1. Membership of the RWMAC partitioning and transmutation working group 62 2. Details of meetings held 63 1 Foreword As part of our