96 Ebooks by Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board
Committee for the Technical Assessment of Environmental Programs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Plans and Practices for Groundwater Protection at the Los Alamos National Laboratory
The world’s first nuclear bomb was a developed in 1954 at a site near the town of Los Alamos, New Mexico. Designated as the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in 1981, the 40-square-mile site is t …
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€21.14
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Science and Technology for DOE Site Cleanup
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management is developing a technology roadmap to guide planning and possible future congressional appropriations for its technology development prog …
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€21.14
Committee on Radiation Source Use and Replacement & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Radiation Source Use and Replacement
In the United States there are several thousand devices containing high-activity radiation sources licensed for use in areas ranging from medical uses such as cancer therapy to safety uses such as te …
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€49.54
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Committee on State of the Science of Nuclear Medicine: Advancing Nuclear Medicine Through Innovation
Nearly 20 million nuclear medicine procedures are carried out each year in the United States alone to diagnose and treat cancers, cardiovascular disease, and certain neurological disorders. Many of t …
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€47.59
Committee on Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse Health Effects of Wireless Communications Devices & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse
In recent years there has been a rapid increase in the use of wireless communications devices and a great deal of research has been carried out to investigate possible biological or human health effe …
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€21.20
Committee on International Security and Arms Control & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Internationalization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
The so-called nuclear renaissance has increased worldwide interest in nuclear power. This potential growth also has increased, in some quarters, concern that nonproliferation considerations are not b …
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€44.95
Committee on Medical Isotope Production Without Highly Enriched Uranium & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Medical Isotope Production Without Highly Enriched Uranium
This book is the product of a congressionally mandated study to examine the feasibility of eliminating the use of highly enriched uranium (HEU2) in reactor fuel, reactor targets, and medical isotope …
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€47.27
Committee on Development and Implementation of a Cleanup Technology Roadmap & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Advice on the Department of Energy’s Cleanup Technology Roadmap
Beginning with the Manhattan Project and continuing through the Cold War, the United States government constructed and operated a massive industrial complex to produce and test nuclear weapons and re …
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€58.06
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Committee on State of the Science of Nuclear Medicine: Advancing Nuclear Medicine Through Innovation
Nearly 20 million nuclear medicine procedures are carried out each year in the United States alone to diagnose and treat cancers, cardiovascular disease, and certain neurological disorders. Many of t …
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€70.36
Committee on Advanced Spectroscopic Portals & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Evaluating Testing, Costs, and Benefits of Advanced Spectroscopic Portals for Screening Cargo at Ports of Entry
To improve screening of containerized cargo for nuclear and radiological material that might be entering the United States, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is seeking to deploy new radiatio …
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€21.24
Committee on Medical Isotope Production Without Highly Enriched Uranium & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Medical Isotope Production Without Highly Enriched Uranium
This book is the product of a congressionally mandated study to examine the feasibility of eliminating the use of highly enriched uranium (HEU2) in reactor fuel, reactor targets, and medical isotope …
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€70.77
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Science and Technology for DOE Site Cleanup
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management is developing a technology roadmap to guide planning and possible future congressional appropriations for its technology development prog …
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€30.87
Committee on Improving Practices for Regulating and Managing Low-Activity Radioactive Waste & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Improving the Regulation and Management of Low-Activity Radioactive Wastes
The largest volumes of radioactive wastes in the United States contain only small amounts of radioactive material. These low-activity wastes (LAW) come from hospitals, utilities, research institution …
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€53.93
Committee on Transportation of Radioactive Waste & National Research Council: Going the Distance?
This new report from the National Research Council’s Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board (NRSB) and the Transportation Research Board reviews the risks and technical and societal concerns for the tra …
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€55.33
Committee on Development and Implementation of a Cleanup Technology Roadmap & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Advice on the Department of Energy’s Cleanup Technology Roadmap
Beginning with the Manhattan Project and continuing through the Cold War, the United States government constructed and operated a massive industrial complex to produce and test nuclear weapons and re …
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€83.77
Committee on Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse Health Effects of Wireless Communications Devices & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse
In recent years there has been a rapid increase in the use of wireless communications devices and a great deal of research has been carried out to investigate possible biological or human health effe …
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€30.82
Committee for the Technical Assessment of Environmental Programs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Plans and Practices for Groundwater Protection at the Los Alamos National Laboratory
The world’s first nuclear bomb was a developed in 1954 at a site near the town of Los Alamos, New Mexico. Designated as the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in 1981, the 40-square-mile site is t …
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€30.63
Committee on the Management of Certain Radioactive Waste Streams Stored in Tanks at Three Department of Energy Sites & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Tank Waste Retrieval, Processing, and On-site Disposal at Three Department of Energy Sites
DOE Tank Waste: How clean is clean enough? The U.S. Congress asked the National Academies to evaluate the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) plans for cleaning up defense-related radioactive wastes store …
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€83.00
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review the Worker and Public Health Activities Program Administered by the Department of Energy and the Department of Health and Human Services: Review of the Worker and Public Health Activities
Ever since the United States began producing and testing nuclear weapons during World War II, the effects of ionizing radiation on human health and the environment have been a serious public concern. …
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€82.94
Committee for the Technical Assessment of Environmental Programs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Plans and Practices for Groundwater Protection at the Los Alamos National Laboratory
Discharges of wastes from activities associated with the federal government’s Los Alamos site in northern New Mexico began during the Manhattan Project in 1943. Now designated the Los Alamos National …
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€21.70
Committee on the Management of Certain Radioactive Waste Streams Stored in Tanks at Three Department of Energy Sites & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Tank Wastes Planned for On-Site Disposal at Three Department of Energy Sites
In response to a request from Congress, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) asked the National Academies to evaluate its plans for managing radioactive wastes from spent nuclear fuel at sites in Idah …
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€30.87
Committee on International Security and Arms Control & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Internationalization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
The so-called nuclear renaissance has increased worldwide interest in nuclear power. This potential growth also has increased, in some quarters, concern that nonproliferation considerations are not b …
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€63.90
Committee on Advanced Spectroscopic Portals & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Evaluating Testing, Costs, and Benefits of Advanced Spectroscopic Portals
This letter is the abbreviated version of an update of the interim report on testing, evaluation, costs, and benefits of advanced spectroscopic portals (ASPs), issued by the National Academies’ Commi …
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€14.66
Committee on Advanced Spectroscopic Portals & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Evaluating Testing, Costs, and Benefits of Advanced Spectroscopic Portals for Screening Cargo at Ports of Entry
To improve screening of containerized cargo for nuclear and radiological material that might be entering the United States, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is seeking to deploy new radiatio …
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€30.61
Committee on Waste Forms Technology and Performance & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Waste Forms Technology and Performance
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) is responsible for cleaning up radioactive waste and environmental contamination resulting from five decades of nuclear weapons …
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€56.14
Committee on Risk-Based Approaches for Securing the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Understanding and Managing Risk in Security Systems for the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex
A nuclear weapon or a significant quantity of special nuclear material (SNM) would be of great value to a terrorist or other adversary. It might have particular value if acquired from a U.S. facility …
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€14.69
Committee on Risk-Based Approaches for Securing the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Understanding and Managing Risk in Security Systems for the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex
A nuclear weapon or a significant quantity of special nuclear material (SNM) would be of great value to a terrorist or other adversary. It might have particular value if acquired from a U.S. facility …
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€15.39
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Proliferation Risk in Nuclear Fuel Cycles
The worldwide expansion of nuclear energy has been accompanied by concerns about nuclear weapons proliferation. If sited in states that do not possess nuclear weapons technology, some civilian nuclea …
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€3.84
Committee on Waste Forms Technology and Performance & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Waste Forms Technology and Performance
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) is responsible for cleaning up radioactive waste and environmental contamination resulting from five decades of nuclear weapons …
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€58.69
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Higher Education and Workforce: Assuring a Future U.S.-Based Nuclear and Radiochemistry Expertise
The growing use of nuclear medicine, the potential expansion of nuclear power generation, and the urgent needs to protect the nation against external nuclear threats, to maintain our nuclear weapons …
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€3.84
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Higher Education and Workforce: Assuring a Future U.S.-Based Nuclear and Radiochemistry Expertise
The growing use of nuclear medicine, the potential expansion of nuclear power generation, and the urgent needs to protect the nation against external nuclear threats, to maintain our nuclear weapons …
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€57.57
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities for Converting U.S. and Russian Research Reactors
Highly enriched uranium (HEU) is used for two major civilian purposes: as fuel for research reactors and as targets for medical isotope production. This material can be dangerous in the wrong hands. …
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€3.84
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities for Converting U.S. and Russian Research Reactors
Highly enriched uranium (HEU) is used for two major civilian purposes: as fuel for research reactors and as targets for medical isotope production. This material can be dangerous in the wrong hands. …
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€44.90
Committee on the Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations near Nuclear Facilities—Phase I & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations Near Nuclear Facilities
In the late 1980s, the National Cancer Institute initiated an investigation of cancer risks in populations near 52 commercial nuclear power plants and 10 Department of Energy nuclear facilities (incl …
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€3.82
Committee on Tracking Radiation Doses from Medical Diagnostic Procedures & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Tracking Radiation Exposure from Medical Diagnostic Procedures
The growing use of medical diagnostic procedures is correlated with tremendous and undeniable benefits in the care of most patients. However, it is accompanied by growing concerns about the risks ass …
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€3.84
Committee on Tracking Radiation Doses from Medical Diagnostic Procedures & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Tracking Radiation Exposure from Medical Diagnostic Procedures
The growing use of medical diagnostic procedures is correlated with tremendous and undeniable benefits in the care of most patients. However, it is accompanied by growing concerns about the risks ass …
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€37.30
Committee on Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. Nuclear Plants & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety of U.S. Nuclear Plants
The March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami sparked a humanitarian disaster in northeastern Japan. They were responsible for more than 15, 900 deaths and 2, 600 missing persons as wel …
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€3.82
Committee on Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. Nuclear Plants & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety of U.S. Nuclear Plants
The March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami sparked a humanitarian disaster in northeastern Japan. They were responsible for more than 15, 900 deaths and 2, 600 missing persons as wel …
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€83.45
Committee on Improving the Assessment of the Proliferation Risk of Nuclear Fuel Cycles & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Improving the Assessment of the Proliferation Risk of Nuclear Fuel Cycles
The material that sustains the nuclear reactions that produce energy can also be used to make nuclear weaponsand therefore, the development of nuclear energy is one of multiple pathways to proliferat …
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€3.84
Committee on Improving the Assessment of the Proliferation Risk of Nuclear Fuel Cycles & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Improving the Assessment of the Proliferation Risk of Nuclear Fuel Cycles
The material that sustains the nuclear reactions that produce energy can also be used to make nuclear weaponsand therefore, the development of nuclear energy is one of multiple pathways to proliferat …
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€42.36
Committee on Evaluating the Performance Measures and Metrics Development for the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Performance Metrics for the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture
The Global Nuclear Detection Architecture (GNDA) is described as a worldwide network of sensors, telecommunications, and personnel, with the supporting information exchanges, programs, and protocols …
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€3.84
Committee on Evaluating the Performance Measures and Metrics Development for the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Performance Metrics for the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture
The Global Nuclear Detection Architecture (GNDA) is described as a worldwide network of sensors, telecommunications, and personnel, with the supporting information exchanges, programs, and protocols …
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€39.83
Board on the Health of Select Populations & Committee on Research Directions in Human Biological Effects of Low-Level Ionizing Radiation: Research on Health Effects of Low-Level Ionizing Radiation Exposure
It is probably only a matter of time before we witness the next event in which large numbers of people are exposed to ionizing radiation. In the past, planning a response to such an occurrence would …
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€3.80
Board on the Health of Select Populations & Committee on Research Directions in Human Biological Effects of Low-Level Ionizing Radiation: Research on Health Effects of Low-Level Ionizing Radiation Exposure
It is probably only a matter of time before we witness the next event in which large numbers of people are exposed to ionizing radiation. In the past, planning a response to such an occurrence would …
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€52.40
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Best Practices for Risk-Informed Decision Making Regarding Contaminated Sites
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management’s (EM) mission is the safe cleanup of sites associated with the government-led development of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy. While m …
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€3.84
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Best Practices for Risk-Informed Decision Making Regarding Contaminated Sites
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management’s (EM) mission is the safe cleanup of sites associated with the government-led development of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy. While m …
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€52.52
Committee on Advanced Spectroscopic Portals & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Evaluating Testing, Costs, and Benefits of Advanced Spectroscopic Portals
This letter is the abbreviated version of an update of the interim report on testing, evaluation, costs, and benefits of advanced spectroscopic portals (ASPs), issued by the National Academies’ Commi …
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€21.60
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Science of Responding to a Nuclear Reactor Accident
The Science of Responding to a Nuclear Reactor Accident summarizes the presentations and discussions of the May 2014 Gilbert W. Beebe Symposium titled "The Science and Response to a Nuclear Reac …
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€3.83
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Science of Responding to a Nuclear Reactor Accident
The Science of Responding to a Nuclear Reactor Accident summarizes the presentations and discussions of the May 2014 Gilbert W. Beebe Symposium titled "The Science and Response to a Nuclear Reac …
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€30.63
Committee on Airport Passenger Screening: Backscatter X-Ray Machines & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Airport Passenger Screening Using Backscatter X-Ray Machines
Passenger screening at commercial airports in the United States has gone through significant changes since the events of September 11, 2001. In response to increased concern over terrorist attacks on …
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€3.84
Committee on Airport Passenger Screening: Backscatter X-Ray Machines & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Airport Passenger Screening Using Backscatter X-Ray Machines
Passenger screening at commercial airports in the United States has gone through significant changes since the events of September 11, 2001. In response to increased concern over terrorist attacks on …
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€70.62
Committee on the Current Status of and Progress Toward Eliminating Highly Enriched Uranium Use in Fuel for Civilian Research and Test Reactors & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Reducing the Use of Highly Enriched Uranium in Civilian Research Reactors
The continued presence of highly enriched uranium (HEU) in civilian installations such as research reactors poses a threat to national and international security. Minimization, and ultimately elimina …
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€3.82
Committee on the Current Status of and Progress Toward Eliminating Highly Enriched Uranium Use in Fuel for Civilian Research and Test Reactors & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Reducing the Use of Highly Enriched Uranium in Civilian Research Reactors
The continued presence of highly enriched uranium (HEU) in civilian installations such as research reactors poses a threat to national and international security. Minimization, and ultimately elimina …
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€56.38
Committee on Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. Nuclear Plants & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. N
The U.S. Congress asked the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a technical study on lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident for improving safety and security of commercial nu …
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€3.84
Committee on Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. Nuclear Plants & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. N
The U.S. Congress asked the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a technical study on lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident for improving safety and security of commercial nu …
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€70.47
Committee on State of Molybdenum-99 Production and Utilization and Progress Toward Eliminating Use of Highly Enriched Uranium & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Molybdenum-99 for Medical Imaging
The decay product of the medical isotope molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), technetium-99m (Tc-99m), and associated medical isotopes iodine-131 (I-131) and xenon-133 (Xe-133) are used worldwide for medical diagn …
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€3.84
Committee on State of Molybdenum-99 Production and Utilization and Progress Toward Eliminating Use of Highly Enriched Uranium & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Molybdenum-99 for Medical Imaging
The decay product of the medical isotope molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), technetium-99m (Tc-99m), and associated medical isotopes iodine-131 (I-131) and xenon-133 (Xe-133) are used worldwide for medical diagn …
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€76.99
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board: Adopting the International System of Units for Radiation Measurements in the United States
Most countries in the world use the SI (Systme International, also known as the metric system) units for radiation measurements in commercial and technical activities. The United States, in contrast, …
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€3.82
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board: Adopting the International System of Units for Radiation Measurements in the United States
Most countries in the world use the SI (Systme International, also known as the metric system) units for radiation measurements in commercial and technical activities. The United States, in contrast, …
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€46.22
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board: Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management and Disposition
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (DOE) is responsible for the safe cleanup of sites used for nuclear weapons development and government-sponsored nuclear energy research. …
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€3.84
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board: Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management and Disposition
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (DOE) is responsible for the safe cleanup of sites used for nuclear weapons development and government-sponsored nuclear energy research. …
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€70.77
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board: Opportunities and Approaches for Supplying Molybdenum-99 and Associated Medical Isotopes to Global Markets
Participants of the July 17-18, 2017, symposium titled Opportunities and Approaches for Supplying Molybdenum-99 and Associated Medical Isotopes to Global Markets examined current trends in molybdenum …
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€3.84
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board: Opportunities and Approaches for Supplying Molybdenum-99 and Associated Medical Isotopes to Global Markets
Participants of the July 17-18, 2017, symposium titled Opportunities and Approaches for Supplying Molybdenum-99 and Associated Medical Isotopes to Global Markets examined current trends in molybdenum …
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€52.64
Committee on Supplemental Treatment of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Draft Analysis of Supplemental Treatment Approaches of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation (
In 1943, as part of the Manhattan Project, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation was established with the mission to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons. During 45 years of operations, the Hanford Site p …
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€3.81
Committee on Supplemental Treatment of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Draft Analysis of Supplemental Treatment Approaches of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation (
In 1943, as part of the Manhattan Project, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation was established with the mission to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons. During 45 years of operations, the Hanford Site p …
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€42.17
Committee on Disposal of Surplus Plutonium at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Disposal of Surplus Plutonium at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Disposal of Surplus Plutonium at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: Interim Report evaluates the general viability of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration’s (DOE-NNS …
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€3.84
Committee on Disposal of Surplus Plutonium at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Disposal of Surplus Plutonium at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Disposal of Surplus Plutonium at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: Interim Report evaluates the general viability of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration’s (DOE-NNS …
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€42.36
Committee on Independent Assessment of Science and Technology for the Department of Energy’s Defense Environmental Cleanup Program & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Independent Assessment of Science and Technology for the Department of Energy’s Defens
The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2017 contained a request for a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine review and assessment of science and technology develop …
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€3.85
Committee on Independent Assessment of Science and Technology for the Department of Energy’s Defense Environmental Cleanup Program & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Independent Assessment of Science and Technology for the Department of Energy’s Defens
The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2017 contained a request for a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine review and assessment of science and technology develop …
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€70.28
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board: Long-Term Health Monitoring of Populations Following a Nuclear or Radiological Incident in the United States
Accidents and terrorist attacks that lead to the release of radioactive materials can cause deaths, injuries, and a range of psychosocial effects in the surrounding community and team of emergency re …
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€52.75
Committee on Supplemental Treatment of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Final Draft Analysis of Supplemental Treatment Approaches of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reserva
In 1943, as part of the Manhattan Project, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation was established with the mission to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons. During 45 years of operations, the Hanford Site p …
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€47.60
Committee on the Management of Certain Radioactive Waste Streams Stored in Tanks at Three Department of Energy Sites & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Tank Wastes Planned for On-Site Disposal at Three Department of Energy Sites
In response to a request from Congress, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) asked the National Academies to evaluate its plans for managing radioactive wastes from spent nuclear fuel at sites in Idah …
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€21.08
Committee on Transportation of Radioactive Waste & National Research Council: Going the Distance?
This new report from the National Research Council’s Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board (NRSB) and the Transportation Research Board reviews the risks and technical and societal concerns for the tra …
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€38.05
Committee on Improving Practices for Regulating and Managing Low-Activity Radioactive Waste & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Improving the Regulation and Management of Low-Activity Radioactive Wastes
The largest volumes of radioactive wastes in the United States contain only small amounts of radioactive material. These low-activity wastes (LAW) come from hospitals, utilities, research institution …
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€37.96
Committee on the Management of Certain Radioactive Waste Streams Stored in Tanks at Three Department of Energy Sites & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Tank Waste Retrieval, Processing, and On-site Disposal at Three Department of Energy Sites
DOE Tank Waste: How clean is clean enough? The U.S. Congress asked the National Academies to evaluate the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) plans for cleaning up defense-related radioactive wastes store …
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€61.13
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review the Worker and Public Health Activities Program Administered by the Department of Energy and the Department of Health and Human Services: Review of the Worker and Public Health Activities
Ever since the United States began producing and testing nuclear weapons during World War II, the effects of ionizing radiation on human health and the environment have been a serious public concern. …
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€59.91
Committee for the Technical Assessment of Environmental Programs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Plans and Practices for Groundwater Protection at the Los Alamos National Laboratory
Discharges of wastes from activities associated with the federal government’s Los Alamos site in northern New Mexico began during the Manhattan Project in 1943. Now designated the Los Alamos National …
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€14.77
Board on Mathematical Sciences and Analytics & Board on Research Data and Information: Reproducibility and Replicability in Science
One of the pathways by which the scientific community confirms the validity of a new scientific discovery is by repeating the research that produced it. When a scientific effort fails to independentl …
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€70.28
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board: Future of Low Dose Radiation Research in the United States
Exposures at low doses of radiation, generally taken to mean doses below 100 millisieverts, are of primary interest for setting standards for protecting individuals against the adverse effects of ion …
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€77.17
Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment & Committee on Review of Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management: Effectiveness and Efficiency of Def
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies have conducted activities to develop atomic energy for civilian and defense purposes since the initiation of the World War II Manhatta …
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€52.64
Committee on Disposal of Surplus Plutonium at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Department of Energy’s Plans for Disposal of Surplus Plutonium in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
In 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine issued an Interim Report evaluating the general viability of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administr …
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€76.76
Committee on Supplemental Treatment of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Final Review of the Study on Supplemental Treatment Approaches of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation (ePU
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management is responsible for managing and cleaning up the waste and contamination at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, the nation’s biggest and …
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€70.27
Committee on Radioactive Sources: Applications and Alternative Technologies & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Radioactive Sources
Radioactive Sources: Applications and Alternative Technologies assesses the status of medical, research, sterilization, and other commercial applications of radioactive sources and alternative (nonra …
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€76.61
Board on Health Care Services & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Space Radiation and Astronaut Health
Astronauts face unique health-related risks during crewed space missions, and longer-duration missions that extend to greater distances in our solar system (including to the Moon and Mars) will likel …
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€47.39
Board on Energy and Environmental Systems & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Bringing Fusion to the U.S. Grid
Fusion energy offers the prospect of addressing the nation’s energy needs and contributing to the transition to a low-carbon emission electrical generation infrastructure. Technology and research res …
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Committee on Supplemental Treatment of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Continued Analysis of the Supplemental Treatment Approaches of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reser
The Hanford Nuclear Reservation, where about two-thirds of the nation’s weapons plutonium was produced from 1944 to 1987, is the site of the largest and most complex nuclear cleanup challenge in the …
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Committee on Developing a Long-Term Strategy for Low-Dose Radiation Research in the United States & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Leveraging Advances in Modern Science to Revitalize Low-Dose Radiation Research in the United States
Radiation exposure at low doses (below 100 milligray) or low-dose rates (less than 5 milligray per hour) occurs in a wide range of medical, industrial, military, and commercial settings. The effects …
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Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment & Committee on Review of Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management: Effectiveness and Efficiency of Def
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) was established by Congress in 1989 to remediate waste and environmental contamination that have resulted from nuclear weap …
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Board on Energy and Environmental Systems & Committee on Laying the Foundation for New and Advanced Nuclear Reactors in the United States: Understanding the Societal Challenges Facing Nuclear Power
Nuclear reactors can provide low-carbon energy, and advanced nuclear technologies could play an important role in moving the United States toward a zero-carbon future. Next-generation nuclear reactor …
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€19.29
Committee on Supplemental Treatment of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Continued Analysis of Supplemental Treatment Approaches of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservati
The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state, which produced plutonium for nuclear weapons from 1944-1987, is the site of the largest and most complex nuclear cleanup challenge in the United S …
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Board on Energy and Environmental Systems & Committee on Merits and Viability of Different Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Technology Options and the Waste Aspects of Advanced Nuclear Reactors: Merits and Viability of Different Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Technology
The United States has deployed commercial nuclear power since the 1950s, and as of 2021, nuclear power accounts for approximately 20 percent of U.S. electricity generation. The current commercial nuc …
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Committee on Supplemental Treatment of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Continued Analysis of Supplemental Treatment Approaches of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservati
The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in the state of Washington produced about two-thirds of the nations plutonium for nuclear weapons from 1944 until the last reactor was shut down in 1987. The U.S. Depa …
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Board on Mathematical Sciences and Analytics & Committee on International Security and Arms Control: Risk Analysis Methods for Nuclear War and Nuclear Terrorism
The assessment of risk is complex and often controversial. It is derived from the existence of a hazard, and it is characterized by the uncertainty of possible undesirable events and their outcomes. …
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Board on Energy and Environmental Systems & Committee on Laying the Foundation for New and Advanced Nuclear Reactors in the United States: Laying the Foundation for New and Advanced Nuclear Reactors in the United States
The world confronts an existential challenge in responding to climate change, resulting in an urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from all sectors of the economy. What will it take for new …
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Board on Mathematical Sciences and Analytics & Committee on International Security and Arms Control: Risk Analysis Methods for Nuclear War and Nuclear Terrorism
The Committee on Risk Analysis Methods for Nuclear War and Nuclear Terrorism was established and managed by the National Academies of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering in response to a congressiona …
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Board on Mathematical Sciences and Analytics & Committee on International Security and Arms Control: Risk Analysis Methods for Nuclear War and Nuclear Terrorism
The United States and the world face serious threats to nuclear stability and peace, now and in the coming decades. Within the nuclear arena, U.S. policy makers will need to make strategic decisions …
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