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"It is with sincere conviction that I recommend this remarkable study conducted by the Société Française de Physique (French Society of Physics) to my fellow citizens - it is a solid piece of work without being peremptory. This is the type of document one likes to have read before speaking." – Hubert Curien (Former Minister of Research of France)

Radioactive wastes. --- Nuclear wastes --- Radwastes --- Wastes, Nuclear --- Wastes, Radioactive --- Hazardous wastes --- Nuclear engineering --- Radioactive substances

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Finding ways to safely store and ultimately dispose of nuclear waste remains a matter of considerable debate. This volume describes the steps needed to design a new, single-purpose organization to manage and dispose of commercial and defense high-level radioactive materials and examines three models for such an organization--federal government corporation, federally chartered private corporation, and independent government agency.

Nuclear wastes --- Radwastes --- Wastes, Nuclear --- Wastes, Radioactive --- Radioactive waste disposal --- Radioactive wastes --- Hazardous wastes --- Nuclear engineering --- Radioactive substances --- Government policy --- Storage --- E-books

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Hazardous waste has been defined as waste that is either in a solid, liquid, or gas form, which contributes significantly to serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illnesses and poses a potential hazard to human health or the environment, depending on its quantity, concentration, and physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics. Hazardous waste risk assessment is a quantitative means of assessing the potential adverse effects of exposure on human health.Management of hazardous waste is a very important process for saving the environment and human life. Traditional and innovative techniques for the treatment and solidification of hazardous waste make for interesting research and study. Proper storage of hazardous waste ensures proper segregation of waste, separation of incompatible wastes, easy access to wastes, reasonable protection against vandalism, and adequate secondary containment. Hazardous wastes are generally stored in different modified containers, including drums and tanks. Prevention or minimization of hazardous waste and improving control methods are introduced as risk management options.Many countries, including developing countries, have taken steps in the right direction to minimize and manage hazardous waste, not only by cleaning up contaminated sites, but also by controlling and reducing the generation of hazardous wastes.

Radioactive wastes --- Management. --- Hazardous waste treatment & disposal

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Cet ouvrage explore un dossier politico-scientifique aujourd'hui encore méconnu, celui du dépôt des munitions produites durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale par la Suisse et immergées, la paix revenue, par les autorités dans les lacs helvétiques. À une époque où les enjeux écologiques sont primordiaux pour notre avenir collectif planétaire, il s'agit à la fois de comprendre les motivations et raisons de ce choix qui nous parait désormais antiécologique et les enjeux actuels de gestion ou non de ces déchets militaires. Fondé sur une approche interdisciplinaire, ce livre rend compte, dans une double perspective d'historien des sciences et des sciences de la société, à la fois des décisions publiques ayant conduites à l'immersion, des modalités techniques mises en œuvre pour y parvenir, des conditions de production de l'oubli sociétal de ce méfait environnemental, du contexte de la redécouverte de ses dépôts et enfin des débats publics engagés autour d'un risque jugé scientifiquement encore incertain. Sans préjuger des solutions techniques potentielles si les craintes d'un risque potentiel ou avéré pour la santé humaine des riverains et pour les écosystèmes lacustres se confirmaient, ce livre rassemble pour le lecteur passionné　par les questions environnementales toutes les informations et connaissances aujourd'hui en notre possession pour œuvrer activement à l'engagement durable citoyen.

Ammunition. --- Groundwater --- Hazardous wastes --- Pollution. --- Environmental aspects.

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This book is dedicated to the reuse of waste and residues from the agricultural sector. Plant residues, as well as animal manure and residues from animal breeding, contain useful elements that can be processed for production of fertilizers, compost for soil recultivation, and biofuels. The emerging energy and resources crisis calls for development of sustainable reuse of waste and residues. This book contains eight chapters divided into four sections. The first section contains the introductory chapter from the editor. The second section is related to the preparation of fertilizers and compost for soil amelioration from agricultural residues and waste water. The third section considers the use of agricultural waste for solid biofuels and biogas. The fourth section discusses sustainability and risk assessment related to the use of agricultural waste and residues.

Agricultural wastes. --- Agricultural by-products --- Agricultural residues --- By-products, Agricultural --- Residues, Agricultural --- Wastes, Agricultural --- Factory and trade waste --- Organic wastes --- Refuse and refuse disposal, Rural --- Life Sciences --- Waste Management --- Environmental Sciences