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- NPR : At Chernobyl, Building a Shelter for a Shelter
- The Chernobyl nuclear facility still contains some 200 tons of radioactive fuel, covered by a structure which is increasingly unstable. Engineers plan to build and then slide an enormous Quonset hut-shaped cover over the breached reactor at an estimated cost of 1 billion dollars. [3:43 streaming audio broadcast] (April 21, 2006)
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- NPR : 'Voices of Chernobyl': Survivors' Stories
- The memories of those who survived Chernobyl were collected in the book "Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of the Nuclear Disaster" by Svetlana Alexievich. Here are some of their stories as read by actors. [8:39 streaming audio broadcast] (April 01, 2006)
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- Chernobyl: A disaster waiting to happen
- CNN article on the risk related to the concrete sarcophagus of the reactor. (July 25, 1998)
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- Chernobyl After Perestroika - Reflections on a Recent Visit
- Analysis from Technology in Society on the ways in which political change and economic deterioration have affected the handling of the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear accident. (January 01, 1992)
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- Decay Heat in Nuclear Fuel
- Collection publications, links and relevant technical information concerning the decay heat of irradiated nuclear fuel.
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- Decay Heat in Nuclear Reactors
- Scientific article about decay heat calculation in nuclear reactors. Addresses physical and mathematical background, principles, safety issues and standards. Includes free downloadable software.
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- RadWaste.org
- Comprehensive technical guide to radioactive waste technology and management. Includes categorized directory with links.
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- Board on Radioactive Waste Management (BRWM)
- Committee of the National Academy of Sciences concerned with safe management of radioactive wastes including spent fuel, high-level, transuranic, low-level, and mixed waste and naturally occurring radioactive materials. Includes scientific and technical analyses, policy advice on processing, management and disposal.
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- California Radioactive Materials Management Forum
- Association of users of radioactive materials and generators of low-level radioactive waste in Arizona, California, North Dakota and South Dakota, which primary interest is the safe management and disposal of low-level radioactive waste.
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- Grimsel Test Site
- Deep underground rock laboratory in the Swiss Alps operated by a consortium of countries and companies investigating long-term chemical and nuclear waste disposal. Describes planned and ongoing research projects in radionuclide transport, rock characterization, fiber optic monitoring, groundwater modeling, gas migration, and other areas.
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- Nuclear Waste Project Office
- Information from the State of Nevada Nuclear Waste Project Office (NWPO) about the Yucca Mountain and Nevada test sites. Includes news, policy, legal, nuclear waste transportation and technical issues.
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- Svensk Kärnbränslehantering (SKB)
- Information about Swedish waste management technology and the search for a disposal site for spent nuclear fuel. Includes background on the company formed to handle the waste. [Swedish, English]
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- U.S. NRC - Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses
- Federal research and development center sponsored by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to resolve technical and regulatory issues related to geologic high level nuclear waste repository. Includes brochures and technical information about geophysics, corrosion, mining, risk assessment and geochemistry.
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- U.S. NRC - Radioactive Waste
- Information from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) about types of regulated waste and activities, responsibilities and related information.
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- U.S. NRC: Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel
- Fact sheets from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on spent fuel transportation. Addresses regulation aspects and initiatives.
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- U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
- Independent agency of the U.S. Government with purpose of providing independent scientific and technical oversight of the U.S. program for management and disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.
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- Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant
- Pictures of Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant located near San Luis Obispo, California. Unofficial site not sponsored by PG and E, featuring plant photos taken by a DCPP employee.
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- How Stuff Works: Nuclear Power Plants
- Illustrated tutorial about nuclear-powered electricity generation plants, with photos and animations.