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Radioactive Waste Disposal and Geology
Konrad B. Krauskopf
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Paperback. Series: Topics in the Earth Sciences (Closed). Num Pages: 158 pages, biography. BIC Classification: THK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 254.
The perception of radioactive waste as a major problem for the industrial world has developed only recently. Four decades ago the disposal of such waste was regarded as a relatively minor matter. Those were the heady days when nuclear fission seemed the answer to the world's energy needs: the two wartime bombs had demonstrated its awesome power, and now it was to be harnessed for the production of electricity, the excavation of canals, even the running of cars and airplanes. In all applications of fission some waste containing radioactive elements would be generated of course, but it seemed only a ... Read more
The perception of radioactive waste as a major problem for the industrial world has developed only recently. Four decades ago the disposal of such waste was regarded as a relatively minor matter. Those were the heady days when nuclear fission seemed the answer to the world's energy needs: the two wartime bombs had demonstrated its awesome power, and now it was to be harnessed for the production of electricity, the excavation of canals, even the running of cars and airplanes. In all applications of fission some waste containing radioactive elements would be generated of course, but it seemed only a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
Series
Topics in the Earth Sciences (Closed)
Number of Pages
146
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401070348
SKU
V9789401070348
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