Technology of high-level nuclear waste disposal. Advances in the science and engineering of the management of high-level nuclear wastes. Volume 1

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in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, has been the national center for scientific and technical information for the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies since 1946 In developing and managing DOE's technical information program, the Center places under bibliographic control not only DOE-onginated information but also worldwide literature on scientific and technical advances in the energy field and announces the source and availability of this information Whereas the literature of science is emphasized, coverage is extended to DOE programmatic, socioeconomic, environmental legislative/regulatory, energy analysis, and policy-related areas To accomplish this mission, the Center builds and maintains computerized energyinformation data bases and disseminates this information via computerized retrieval systems and announcement publications such as abstracting journals, bibliographies, and update journals Direct access to the Center's most comprehensive data base, the Energy Data Base, is available to the public through commercial on-line bibliographic retrieval systems The Energy Data Base and many of the Center's energyrelated data bases are available to DOE offices and contractors and to other government agencies via DOE/RECON, the Department's on-line information retrieval system The Center has developed and maintains systems to record and communicate energy-related research-in-progress information, to maintain a register of DOE public communications publications, to track research report deliverables from DOE contractors, and to test and make available DOE-funded computer software programs with scientific and management applications The Center also maintains a full-scale publishing capability to serve special publication needs of the Department To effectively manage DOE's technical information resources, the Center's program is one of continual development and evaluation of new information products, systems, and technologies Donald Paul Hodel DISCLAIMERThis report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, make any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. DISCLAIMERPortions of this document may be illegible in electronic image products. Images are produced from the best available original document. THE TECHNOLOGY OF HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSALThis b...