National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Committee on Assessing and Improving Strategies for Preventing, Countering, and Responding to We
(Izdošanas datums: 02-Dec-2024, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309708692)
For nearly eight decades, the world has been navigating the dangers of the nuclear age. Despite Cold War tensions and the rise of global terrorism, nuclear weapons have not been used in conflict since Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Efforts such as s...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Board on Physics and Astronomy, National Mat
(Izdošanas datums: 18-Sep-2024, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309721806)
High magnetic fields are a vital tool in many areas of science and technology that impact our everyday lives. Magnetic resonance imaging enables a wide range of medical diagnostics and research, while nuclear magnetic resonance is critical for drug...Lasīt vairāk
Engineering National Academies of Sciences, Policy and Global Affairs, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Committee on International Security and Arms Control, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Analytics, Committee on Risk Analysis Methods for Nuclear War and Nuclear Terrorism
(Izdošanas datums: 20-Nov-2023, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309713108)
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 congressional mandate to independently explore U.S. government...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, National Academy of Engineering, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Board on En
(Izdošanas datums: 19-Oct-2023, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309690805)
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 and advanced nuclear reactors to play a role in d...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Committee on Supplemental Treatment of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation
(Izdošanas datums: 10-Jul-2023, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309699761)
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. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Manageme...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, C
(Izdošanas datums: 27-Feb-2023, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309295116)
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 nuclear fleet consists entirely of thermal-spectrum, l...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Committee on Supplemental Treatment of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Dec-2022, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309690867)
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 States. The U.S. Department of Energys Office of En...Lasīt vairāk
Engineering National Academies of Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Committee on Laying the Foundation for New and Advanced Nuclear Reactors in the United States, Anne Frances Johnson
(Izdošanas datums: 20-Dec-2022, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309689878)
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 reactors have the potential to be smaller, safer, less exp...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Env
(Izdošanas datums: 28-Oct-2022, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309690058)
The U.S. Department of Energys Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) was established by Congress in 1989 to remediate waste and environmental contamination that have resulted from nuclear weapons production and related activities. It has expen...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Committee on Developing a Long-Term Strategy for Low-Dose Radiation Research in the United State
(Izdošanas datums: 20-Oct-2022, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309275811)
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 of exposure at these levels are not fully understoo...Lasīt vairāk
Engineering National Academies of Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Committee on Supplemental Treatment of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation
(Izdošanas datums: 06-Jan-2022, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309275002)
The Hanford Nuclear Reservation, where about two-thirds of the nations weapons plutonium was produced from 1944 to 1987, is the site of the largest and most complex nuclear cleanup challenge in the United States. Section 3125 of the National Defense...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, National Academy of Engineering, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Board on En
(Izdošanas datums: 16-Dec-2021, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309685412)
Fusion energy offers the prospect of addressing the nations energy needs and contributing to the transition to a low-carbon emission electrical generation infrastructure. Technology and research results from U.S. investments in the major fusion burn...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Health and Medicine Division, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Board on Health Care Services, Board on Health Sciences Polic
(Izdošanas datums: 31-Aug-2021, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309481915)
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 likely increase those risks. Cancer risks due to ionizin...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Committee on Radioactive Sources: Applications and Alternative Technologies
(Izdošanas datums: 19-Aug-2021, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309449007)
Radioactive Sources: Applications and Alternative Technologies assesses the status of medical, research, sterilization, and other commercial applications of radioactive sources and alternative (nonradioisotopic) technologies in the United States and...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Env
(Izdošanas datums: 04-Aug-2021, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309685795)
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 Manhattan Project in 1942. These activities took place at l...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Committee on Disposal of Surplus Plutonium at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
(Izdošanas datums: 01-Jun-2020, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309498616)
In 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine issued an Interim Report evaluating the general viability of the U.S. Department of Energys National Nuclear Security Administrations (DOE-NNSAs) conceptual plans for disposing...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Committee on Supplemental Treatment of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Mar-2020, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309672917)
The U.S. Department of Energys Office of Environmental Management is responsible for managing and cleaning up the waste and contamination at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, the nations biggest and most complex nuclear cleanup challenge. At the sit...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Ourania Kosti
(Izdošanas datums: 13-Dec-2019, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309497749)
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 ionizing radiation. However, there are considerable un...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Committee on Supplemental Treatment of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation
(Izdošanas datums: 15-Aug-2019, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309495240)
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 produced about 67 metric tonnes of plutoniumapproxim...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Ourania Kosti
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Jul-2019, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309492669)
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 responders. In the United States, federal, state, and...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Committee on Independent Assessment of Science and Technology for the Department of Energy's Def
(Izdošanas datums: 27-Mar-2019, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309487764)
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 development efforts within the Department of Energys Offi...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Committee on Independent Assessment of Science and Technology for the Department of Energy's Def
(Izdošanas datums: 27-Mar-2019, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309487788)
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 development efforts within the Department of Energys Offi...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Committee on Disposal of Surplus Plutonium at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Nov-2018, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309485012)
Disposal of Surplus Plutonium at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: Interim Report evaluates the general viability of the U.S. Department of Energys National Nuclear Security Administrations (DOE-NNSAs) conceptual plans for disposing of 34 metric to...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Committee on Disposal of Surplus Plutonium at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Nov-2018, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309485036)
Disposal of Surplus Plutonium at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: Interim Report evaluates the general viability of the U.S. Department of Energys National Nuclear Security Administrations (DOE-NNSAs) conceptual plans for disposing of 34 metric to...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Committee on Supplemental Treatment of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation
(Izdošanas datums: 02-Nov-2018, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309483520)
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 produced about 67 metric tonnes of plutoniumapproxim...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Committee on Supplemental Treatment of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation
(Izdošanas datums: 02-Nov-2018, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309483544)
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 produced about 67 metric tonnes of plutoniumapproxim...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board
(Izdošanas datums: 12-Feb-2018, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309466288)
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-99 production, prospects for new global supplies,...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board
(Izdošanas datums: 12-Feb-2018, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309466301)
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-99 production, prospects for new global supplies,...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Planning Committee on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management and Disposition: A Workshop, Jennifer Hei
(Izdošanas datums: 05-Jun-2017, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309456791)
The Department of Energys Office of Environmental Management (DOE) is responsible for the safe cleanup of sites used for nuclear weapons development and government-sponsored nuclear energy research. Low-level radioactive waste (LLW) is the most volu...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Planning Committee on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management and Disposition: A Workshop, Jennifer Hei
(Izdošanas datums: 05-Jun-2017, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309456814)
The Department of Energys Office of Environmental Management (DOE) is responsible for the safe cleanup of sites used for nuclear weapons development and government-sponsored nuclear energy research. Low-level radioactive waste (LLW) is the most volu...Lasīt vairāk
