Radioactive Waste Management 2000

The IMechE is the United Kingdom's qualifying body for mechanical engineers and the home of mechanical engineers for over 150 years. Around 75,000 engineers world-wide are members.

• Part 1 Treatment issues: the new Dounreay low-level liquid effluent treatment plan The disposal of a radioactive cellTechnical and operational risk management strategies for the Sellafield Drypac Plant (SDP). Part 2 Waste management practice: radiation inheritance of Russian nuclear fleet and ecological safety problems relating to utilization of nuclear submarines and rehabilitation of other facilities in the NavyDecontamination and waste minimization techniques in nuclear decommissioningTransuranic waste management at Los Alamos National LaboratoryDisposition of Russian nuclear submarines - outlines of the concept and implementation problemsManagement of accumulated operational wastes at BNFL's decommissioning reactor sites. Part 3 Transport and storage: transportation of spent fuel in JapanEngineering considerations associated wtih plant used for storage of intermediate level waste - a regulator's viewThe packaging of waste for safe long-term managementIndependent monitoring of solid low-level radioactive waste disposals in the UKRound robin test for the non-destructive assay of 220 litre radioactive waste packagesThe feasibility of surface for high-level waste. Part 4 Environmental and regulation: application of in-line monitoring to waste minimization during soil remediationContained water management within the Chernobyl "shelter object"ALARP as applied to high-level waste - the regulatory approach at SellafieldRadiation safety problems arising with damaged nuclear submarines utilizationExperience in nuclear decommissioning and waste managementDisposal of radioactive waste - a puzzle in four dimensions.