The reporter's handbook on nuclear materials, energy, and waste management

Pt. I. Getting Started

How to Use the Handbook

Why Now? Why This Discussion?

Crosscutting Themes

Covering Nukes: Play Hard, but Play Fair

Pt. II. Briefs

Sect. 1. Radionuclides and Human Health Effects

Sect. 2. Nuclear Energy and Other Civilian Uses

Sustainability: Will There Be Enough Uranium and Nuclear Fuel and at What Cost?

Closing the Civilian Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Spent Nuclear Fuel: The Opportunity and the Challenge

Nuclear Power Plant Safety Systems

Three Mile Island and Chernobyl: What Happened and Lessons Learned

Decommissioning Nuclear Facilities

Transportation of Nuclear Waste

Economics of Nuclear Power

Civilian Uses of Radiation and Radioactive Material (Other than Commercial Nuclear Power)

Sect. 3. Nuclear Waste Management

Nuclear Waste Policy in the United States: Classification, Management, and Disposition

Monitoring and Surveillance of Nuclear Waste Sites

Impact of Radionuclides and Nuclear Waste on Nonhumans and Ecosystems

Long-Term Surveillance and Maintenance at Closed Nuclear Waste Sites

Sect. 4. Nuclear Weapons, Terrorism, and Nonproliferation

Managing the Nuclear Weapons Legacy

Dirty Bombs (Radiological Dispersal Devices)

Nuclear Nonproliferation

Protecting Nuclear Power Plants against Terrorism

International Agencies and Policy

Sect. 5. Risk Perception and Risk Communication

Global Warming and Fuel Sources

Public Perceptions of Risk and Nuclear Power, Nuclear Weapons, and Nuclear Waste

Risk Communication about Nuclear Materials

Pt. III. Additional Resources

History of Nuclear Power in the United States and Worldwide

Important Federal Legislation and Regulations

American Nuclear Society Position Statements

Background on Key Organizations Related to U.S. Nuclear Programs

Key Sources

Glossary.