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1 Radioactive Waste Management |
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1 | (16) |
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1.1 Principles of Radioactive Waste Management |
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1 | (3) |
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1.2 Types of Radioactive Wastes |
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4 | (8) |
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1.2.1 Definition of Radioactive Wastes |
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4 | (1) |
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1.2.2 Classification of Radioactive Wastes |
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5 | (5) |
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1.2.3 Radioactivity of Radioactive Wastes |
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10 | (2) |
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1.3 Radioactive Waste Engineering |
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12 | (5) |
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1.3.1 Radioactive Waste Treatment and Disposal Processes |
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12 | (2) |
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1.3.2 Systematic Management of Radioactive Wastes |
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14 | (1) |
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15 | (2) |
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2 Generation and Characteristics of Radioactive Wastes |
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17 | (1) |
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2.1 Wastes from Uranium Mining and Melting Facilities |
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17 | (1) |
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2.2 Wastes from Fuel Fabrication Facilities |
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18 | (4) |
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2.3 Wastes from Nuclear Power Plants |
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22 | (4) |
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22 | (1) |
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23 | (2) |
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25 | (1) |
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2.4 Wastes from Reprocessing |
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26 | (7) |
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28 | (1) |
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29 | (1) |
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30 | (3) |
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2.5 Wastes from R&D and Radioisotope Uses |
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33 | (2) |
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35 | (1) |
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2.7 Wastes Below the Clearance Limit |
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36 | (1) |
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2.8 Wastes from Partitioning and Transmutation |
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36 | (11) |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (1) |
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2.8.3 Fuel for Transmutation |
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39 | (1) |
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39 | (2) |
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41 | (2) |
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2.8.6 P&T as a Waste Management Policy |
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43 | (2) |
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45 | (2) |
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3 Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities |
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3.1 What Is Decommissioning? |
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47 | (4) |
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3.1.1 Decommissioning Method |
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49 | (1) |
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3.1.2 Amount of Wastes Generated from Decommissioning |
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50 | (1) |
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3.2 Formulation of Decommissioning Plan |
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51 | (11) |
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3.2.1 Evaluation of Residual Radioactive Materials |
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52 | (4) |
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3.2.2 Development of a Decommissioning Plan |
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56 | (1) |
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3.2.3 Evaluation of Safety |
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57 | (5) |
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3.3 Decommissioning Techniques |
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62 | (4) |
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3.3.1 Decontamination Techniques |
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62 | (3) |
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65 | (1) |
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3.3.3 Dismantling Techniques |
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3.4 Dismantling of Nuclear Facilities |
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66 | (5) |
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3.4.1 Dismantling of Reactor Facilities: Examples |
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67 | (1) |
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3.4.2 Dismantling of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facility: Examples |
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3.5.1 Criteria for Site Release |
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72 | (2) |
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3.5.2 Verification for Site Release |
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74 | (2) |
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76 | (3) |
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79 | (4) |
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4.1.1 Necessity of a Clearance System |
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4.1.2 Concepts Similar to Clearance |
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80 | (1) |
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4.1.3 The Japanese Clearance System |
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81 | (2) |
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4.2 Methods of Clearance Level Derivation |
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4.2.1 Preconditions for Clearance Level Derivation |
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83 | (2) |
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4.2.2 Exposure Dose Evaluation Models |
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85 | (7) |
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92 | (3) |
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4.3 Clearance Level Verification |
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95 | (7) |
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4.3.1 Flow of Clearance Level Verification |
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95 | (2) |
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97 | (5) |
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4.4 Clearance Applications |
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102 | (8) |
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4.4.1 Clearance Activities at the Tokai Power Station |
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102 | (6) |
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4.4.2 Clearance Activities at JRR-3 |
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108 | (2) |
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4.5 Clearance Level Approaches of International Organizations |
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110 | (3) |
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4.5.1 International Atomic Energy Agency |
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110 | (2) |
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4.5.2 European Commission |
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112 | (1) |
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4.6 Clearance for Non-reactor Facilities |
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113 | (6) |
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4.6.1 Clearance for Uranium-Handling Facilities |
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113 | (2) |
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4.6.2 Clearance for Radioisotope-Using Facilities and Radiation Generators |
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115 | (1) |
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116 | (3) |
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5 Radioactive Waste Treatment Technologies |
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5.1 Principles of Radioactive Waste Treatment |
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119 | (1) |
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5.2 Gaseous Waste Treatment |
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120 | (3) |
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5.2.1 Radioactive Noble Gases |
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120 | (2) |
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122 | (1) |
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123 | (1) |
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5.3 Liquid Waste Treatment |
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123 | (9) |
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5.3.1 Coagulation-Sedimentation (Adsorption) |
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125 | (1) |
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126 | (2) |
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128 | (1) |
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129 | (3) |
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5.4 Solid Waste Treatment |
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132 | (6) |
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132 | (3) |
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135 | (1) |
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136 | (2) |
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138 | (15) |
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5.5.1 Solidification of Low-Level Radioactive Wastes |
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141 | (4) |
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5.5.2 Solidification of High-Level Radioactive Wastes |
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145 | (1) |
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5.5.3 Waste Form Verification |
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146 | (4) |
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150 | (3) |
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6 Radioactive Waste Disposal |
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153 | (22) |
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6.1 Concept of Radioactive Waste Disposal |
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153 | (3) |
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6.1.1 Basic Concepts for Ensuring Safety |
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154 | (1) |
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6.1.2 Disposal Methods for Different Types of Wastes |
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155 | (1) |
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6.2 Multi-barrier Approach |
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156 | (2) |
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6.3 Near-Surface Disposal: Category 2 Waste Disposal |
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158 | (1) |
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159 | (1) |
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160 | (2) |
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6.3.3 Subsurface Disposal |
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162 | (2) |
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6.4 Geological Disposal: Category 1 Waste Disposal |
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164 | (11) |
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172 | (3) |
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7 Performance Assessment of the Radioactive Waste Disposal System |
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175 | (40) |
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7.1 Performance Assessment of the Disposal System |
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175 | (9) |
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7.1.1 Purpose of Performance Assessment |
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176 | (2) |
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7.1.2 Content and Method of Performance Assessment |
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178 | (5) |
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7.1.3 Treatment of Uncertainty |
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183 | (1) |
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7.2 Performance Assessment Models |
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184 | (21) |
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7.2.1 Groundwater Hydrology and Geochemical Environments |
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184 | (6) |
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190 | (6) |
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7.2.3 Migration of Radionuclides in Soil and Rock |
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196 | (6) |
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7.2.4 Radionuclide Transfer in the Biosphere |
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202 | (3) |
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7.3 Interpretation and Use of Performance Assessment Results |
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205 | (10) |
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205 | (2) |
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7.3.2 Technology Development |
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207 | (1) |
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7.3.3 Public Consensus Building Process and Policy Decision Making |
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208 | (5) |
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213 | (2) |
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8 Appendix A: Derivation of Clearance Levels |
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215 | (16) |
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8.1 Reference Dose Values |
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216 | (1) |
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216 | (1) |
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216 | (1) |
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8.4 Exposure Dose Evaluation Models |
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217 | (13) |
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8.4.1 External Exposure Dose Evaluation Model |
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217 | (2) |
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8.4.2 Inhalation Intake Exposure Dose Evaluation Model |
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219 | (1) |
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8.4.3 Ingestion Intake Exposure Dose Evaluation Model |
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220 | (9) |
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8.4.4 Skin Exposure Dose Evaluation Model |
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229 | (1) |
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230 | (1) |
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9 Appendix B: Solving Diffusion Equations and Advection-Dispersion Equations for Radioactive Materials |
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231 | (28) |
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9.1 Diffusion in an Infinite Medium |
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232 | (4) |
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9.1.1 Solution Using Fourier Transform |
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232 | (1) |
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9.1.2 Solution by the Variable Separation Method |
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233 | (2) |
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9.1.3 Average Migration Distance |
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235 | (1) |
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9.2 Advection in an Infinite Medium |
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236 | (1) |
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9.3 Advection and Dispersion in an Infinite Medium |
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237 | (2) |
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9.4 Advection and Dispersion in an Infinite Medium Under the Retardation Effect |
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239 | (2) |
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9.5 Advection and Dispersion in an Infinite Medium Accompanied by Radioactive Decay and Retardation |
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241 | (1) |
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9.6 Diffusion in an Infinite Medium with Stepwise Initial Concentration Distribution |
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241 | (2) |
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9.7 Diffusion Under Patch-Source Condition |
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243 | (1) |
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9.8 Advection-Dispersion Equation for a Multi-member Decay Chain |
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243 | (2) |
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9.9 Diffusion in a Semi-infinite Medium |
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245 | (2) |
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9.10 Solution for a Band-Release Condition |
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247 | (1) |
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9.11 Diffusion in a Finite Medium |
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248 | (6) |
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9.12 Diffusion Equation in Cylindrical Coordinate System |
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254 | (1) |
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9.13 Diffusion in Spherical Coordinate System |
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255 | (1) |
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9.14 Laplace Transform Pairs |
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256 | (3) |
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257 | (2) |
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10 Appendix C: Fundamentals of Chemical Equilibrium and Thermodynamics for Radioactive Waste Management |
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259 | (22) |
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10.1 Enthalpy and Entropy |
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259 | (4) |
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259 | (2) |
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261 | (2) |
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10.2 Gibbs Energy and Chemical Equilibrium |
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263 | (3) |
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263 | (1) |
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10.2.2 Chemical Equilibrium |
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264 | (2) |
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266 | (5) |
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10.3.1 Adsorption Isotherm Equation |
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266 | (2) |
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268 | (3) |
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10.4 Exercises with Solutions |
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271 | (10) |
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281 | (10) |
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281 | (2) |
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283 | (1) |
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284 | (2) |
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286 | (2) |
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288 | (1) |
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289 | (2) |
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