Overview
- Covers the development of nuclear decommissioning from its inception in c. 1960 to its maturity as a technology used worldwide
- Written by a global expert who has managed decommissioning projects in the US (Three Mile Island), Italy and in several other countries for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Surveys the status quo of nuclear commissioning
Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Energy (LNEN, volume 66)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book discusses the history of nuclear decommissioning as a science and industry. It explores the early, little-known period when the term “decommissioning” was not used in the nuclear context and the end-of-life operations of a nuclear facility were a low priority. It then describes the subsequent period when decommissioning was recognized as a separate phase of the nuclear lifecycle, before bringing readers up to date with today’s state of the art.
The author addresses decommissioning as a mature industry in an era in which large, commercial nuclear reactors and other fuel-cycle installations have been fully dismantled, and their sites returned to other uses. The book also looks at the birth, growth and maturity of decommissioning, focusing on how new issues emerged, how these were gradually addressed, and the lessons learned from them. Further, it examines the technologies and management advances in science and industry that followed these solutions.
Nuclear Decommissioning is a point of reference for industry researchers and decommissioning practitioners looking to enrich their knowledge of decommissioning in recent decades as well as the modern industry. The book is also of interest to historians and students who wish to learn more about the history of nuclear decommissioning.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Nuclear Decommissioning
Book Subtitle: Its History, Development, and Current Status
Authors: Michele Laraia
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Energy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75916-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-75915-9Published: 15 March 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09356-3Published: 25 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-75916-6Published: 14 March 2018
Series ISSN: 2195-1284
Series E-ISSN: 2195-1292
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 127
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 26 illustrations in colour
Topics: Nuclear Energy, Energy Security, History of Science, Nuclear Chemistry, Industrial Pollution Prevention, Energy Systems