The Reporter's Handbook on Nuclear Materials, Energy & Waste Management

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| 293 Abraham, Spencer, 134 access controls, 159 accountability, 32, 160 ACNW&M (Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste and Materials), 248 actinides, 52, 74–75 active controls, 159 acute exposure, 50 ADAMS (Agency-wide Documents Access and Management System), 25, 105–6 Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste and Materials (ACNW&M), 248 Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, 142 AEC. See Atomic Energy Commission Agency-wide Documents Access and Management System. See ADAMS agreement states, 148 airplane attacks, 187–88, 190 Al Qaeda, 175 Alaska oil pipeline, 76–77 Albarout, Anwar Othman, 182 Alloy 600, 23 alpha particles, 12, 36–37, 39, 40, 42–43, 52, 74, 102, 104, 125 alternative fuels, 65, 111, 116, 118 American Centrifuge Plant, 58 American Nuclear Society, 26, 245–46 americium, 70, 75, 125, 173, 184 anorexia, 45 antiproliferation agreements, 180 aquatic animals, 155 aquifers, 146 archeologists, 153 Arco, Idaho, 228 Areva, 53, 58, 94, 117 Argentina, 185 Argonne National Laboratory, 30 armed escorts, 106 arms-control agreements, 179–80, 195 arsenic, 61 asbestos, 11 Atlantic Compact, 88 Atomic Age, 142 atomic bombs, 164, 227–28 Atomic Energy Act, 131–32, 134–35, 184, 228, 233 Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), 55, 62, 188, 228. See also NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) Atomic Heritage Foundation, 142 atomic number, 70 atoms, 35 “Atoms for Peace,” 24, 69, 228 Australia, 56, 68 Austria, 230 automatic control devices, 78, 86 Babcock & Wilcox, 28 background radiation. See radiation backup systems, 78–79 bailouts, 31 bankruptcy, 60–61 Barksdale, 183 Barnwell, 102, 126 base load power stations, 6, 65, 112 Bear Creek, 94 Beatty, Nev., 102 Bechtel, 28 becquerel (Bq), 37, 74–75 BEIR (Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation), 223 BELLE (biological effects of low-level exposures), 50 berkelium, 184 beta particles, 12, 36–37, 39, 40, 43, 74, 104, 125 Beyond Nuclear, 26 Big Rock Point, 95 bilateral agreements, 168 bioassay, 146 Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR), 223 Index 294 | The Reporter’s Handbook biological effects of low-level exposures (BELLE), 50 biomass gas, 207 biomes, 153 biomonitoring, 153 biota, 153 Bisconti Research, Inc., 76, 213 boiling water reactors (BWRs). See nuclear reactors Bolton, John, 198 bonding, 61, 94, 117 BORAX III, 228 Brazil, 185 breastfeeding, 125 breathing, 43 breeder reactor, 71–72, 228 British Petroleum, 30 Brookings Institute, 116, 168 Budnitz, Robert J., 85–91 buffer lands, 12, 152–53 building materials, 42, 51 Bulgaria, 68 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 182 bunker busters, 181, 185 Bush, George W., 57, 135, 141, 168, 185, 197–98 BWRs (boiling water reactors). See nuclear reactors CABs (citizen advisory boards), 218–20 cadmium, 228 calibration equipment, 173 californium, 70, 184 campaign financing reports, 31 camping lanterns, 42, 51 Canada, 122, 230, 231 cancer, 42–44, 46, 49–51, 120–21 carbon dioxide, 110–11, 113–15, 118, 201, 205 carbon emissions, 62 carbon-14, 36 cardiovascular and central nervous system subsyndrome, 45 Carlsbad, N.M., 102, 134–35 Carter, Jimmy, 29, 66, 85–86, 101, 132, 167, 229 casks, 100, 103–4, 135 Casper, Wyo., 138 Catawba nuclear power plant, 168 CCGT (combined cycle gas turbine), 110 CCS (carbon capture and storage), 118 ceramic pellets, 140 CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act), 239–40, 242 CERN, 36 certificate of compliance (CoC), 103 cesium, 51, 75, 105, 173 chain decay radionuclides, 36 chain reaction, 164, 227 chemical plants, 81 Chernobyl disaster, 5–6, 21, 29, 30, 60, 62, 82, 85, 89–91, 189, 196, 210, 212, 214, 229 Chicago Pile-1, 228 Chile, 211 China, 57, 68, 76, 179–80, 182, 185, 196, 211 cholesterol, 11 CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 190 cigarettes, 41 citizen advisory boards (CABs), 218–20 civil liberties, 176 civilian use of nuclear energy, 129–30 cladding, 78 classified information, 160 Clean Air Act, 207, 241 climate change, 5, 202–3, 205 Climax–Grand Junction, Colo., 51 Clive, Utah, 102 closed sites, 149 cloud chambers, 37 coal, 6, 42, 65, 79, 110–11, 114–15, 201, 207–8 Coast Guard, 176 cobalt-60, 122, 173 Code of Federal Regulations, 93, 103–4 cogeneration facilities, 204 cold process, 126 cold war, 158, 187, 196 Columbia River, 140 Columbia shuttle disaster, 30 coma, 45 Commission on Risk Assessment and Risk Management, 13 Commonwealth Edison, 167 community relations, 111, 159, 162 competitive power markets, 111–12, 117 complex sites, 93–94 computed tomography (CT). See CT scan computer monitors, 41, 51 concentration, 16 concrete, 101 condition reports, 31–32 Congress, 181, 185, 189, 192, 228 Congressional Budget Office, 69 Connecticut Yankee, 95 conservation, 21 Consortium for...