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How clean is coal : coal power plant ash pond regulations compared to nuclear reactor decommissioning standards

Creator:

Williams, Manuel P.

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Coal power is the prominent source of energy in the United States (U.S.) and around the world. The byproducts of coal power contain many of the same radioactive nuclides that are found in the local environment just in higher concentrations. With so much of this ash being stockpiled, the amount...

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Masters Thesis

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Health Physics presented on June 10 2011. Title: How Clean is Coal: Coal Power Plant Ash Pond
Design of a Self-Regulating Deep Space Nuclear Reactor

Creator:

Robinson, Matthew Loren

Abstract:

An enabling technology for long duration, deep space missions is the availability of a high power, long-lived power supply. The goal of this work is the design of a self-regulating deep space nuclear reactor. The design objectives are to produce 250 kWth for a 25-year period using the presence of...

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Dissertation

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(Credit: Atomic Energy Commision) ... 12 Figure 7. SNAP 10A power plant (Credit: Atomic Energy Commision