Geological Disposal of Carbon Dioxide and Radioactive Waste: A Comparative Assessment
Editor: Ferenc L. Toth
Department of Nuclear Energy
International Atomic Energy Agency
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Contents:
Introductory Paper
Comparing the Geological Disposal of Carbon Dioxide and
Radioactive Waste: Introduction and Overview 1
Ferenc L. Toth
Part I Thematic Assessments
Geological Media and Factors for the Long-Term Emplacement
and Isolation of Carbon Dioxide and Radioactive Waste 23
Stefan Bachu and Tim McEwen
Environmental Issues in the Geological Disposal
of Carbon Dioxide and Radioactive Waste 81
Julia M. West, Richard P. Shaw, and Jonathan M. Pearce
Risk Assessment, Risk Management and Remediation
for the Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste
and Storage of Carbon Dioxide 103
Philip Maul
Monitoring Methods Used to Identify the Migration
of Carbon Dioxide and Radionuclides in the Geosphere 123
Brian Brunskill and Malcolm Wilson
Transport of Carbon Dioxide and Radioactive Waste 141
Darío R. Gómez and Michael Tyacke
Engineering Challenges in the Geological Disposal
of Radioactive Waste and Carbon Dioxide 185
Jean-Pierre Tshibangu K. and Fanny Descamps
The Costs of the Geological Disposal of Carbon Dioxide
and Radioactive Waste 215
Ferenc L. Toth and Asami Miketa
Managing Liability: Comparing Radioactive Waste
Disposal and Carbon Dioxide Storage 263
Elizabeth J. Wilson and Sara Bergan
Public Acceptance of Geological Disposal
of Carbon Dioxide and Radioactive Waste:
Similarities and Differences 295
David M. Reiner and William J. Nuttall
Comparative Ethical Issues Entailed in the Geological
Disposal of Radioactive Waste and Carbon Dioxide
in the Light of Climate Change 317
Donald A. Brown
Psychological Perspectives on the Geological Disposal
of Radioactive Waste and Carbon Dioxide 339
Judith I.M. deGroot and Linda Steg
Part II Regional Assessments
Comparative Assessment of Status and Opportunities
for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage and Radioactive
Waste Disposal in North America 367
Curtis M. Oldenburg and Jens T. Birkholzer
Comparing the Geological Disposal of Carbon Dioxide
and Radioactive Waste in Western Europe 395
Ferenc L. Toth, Richard A. Roehrl, Asami Miketa,
and Nadira Barkatullah
Carbon Dioxide and Radioactive Waste in Central
and Eastern Europe: A Regional Overview of Geological
Storage and Disposal Potential 463
Zsuzsanna Hódossyné Hauszmann, Péter Scholtz, and György Falus
Comparison of the Geological Disposal
of Carbon Dioxide and Radioactive Waste
in European Russia 489
Alexey Cherepovitsyn and Alexander Ilinsk
Comparison Between Geological Disposal
of Carbon Dioxide and Radioactive Waste in China 515
Ju Wang and Zhonghe Pang
Geological Disposal of Carbon Dioxide and Radioactive
Waste in the Geotectonically Active Country of Japan 539
Hitoshi Koide and Kinichiro Kusunose
The Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide and Disposal
of Nuclear Waste in South Africa 569
Anthony D. Surridge, Marthinus Cloete, and Phillip J. Lloyd
Assessment of the Geological Disposal of Carbon
Dioxide and Radioactive Waste in Brazil, and Some
Comparative Aspects of Their Disposal in Argentina 589
Roberto Heemann, João Marcelo Medina Ketzer, Goro Hiromoto,
and Alexandro Scislewski
Index 613
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