The Disposition of Civil Plutonium in the UK
Pinner, Middlesex, England: Fred Barker and Mike Sadnicki, 2001. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Spiral bound. [2], xxviii, 242, [2] pages. Tables. Figures. Boxes. Notes. Glossary. Clear plastic sheet (with minor soiling/discoloration) at front and back. Institutional stamp and ink notations on title page. Distribution letter, folded in half, signed by Mike Sadnicki with separate two page 'brief note on the main conclusions' laid in. This study was made possible through a grant from the Research and Writing Initiateo of the Program on Global Security and Sustainability of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The author wrote in their individual capacities but were both associated with the UK's Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM). This group provides independent scrutiny and advice to the UK governments on the long-term management of higher activity radioactive wastes. This study assessed approahes to the long-term management of civil separated plutonium in the UK. A large stockpile of civil separated plutonium had been built up, most of it stored as oxide powder at Britich Nuclear Fuels' Sellafield site in Cumbria. There was consideration within the UK to shife away from indefinite storage of separated plutonium, in faor of strategies that entailed production of plutonium waste forms. The term 'plutonium disposition' was applied to these strategies. The purpose of this studye was to identify plutonium dispositon strategies which would be cost-effective in the UK, in the sense of securing timely proliferation resistance and waste management improvements at costs which were commensurate with those improvements. Condition: Good.
Keywords: MOX, Mixed Oxide, Plutonium, Uranium, Sellafield, BNFL, Spent Fuel Management, Vitrification, Deep Disposal, Reprocessing, Proliferation, Reactor-Based, Immobilization, Quantitiative Analysis, Economic Analysis, Business Case Analysis, Cost Analysis
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