part I. Scientific and technical background. 1. Radioactivity / Clemens Walther -- 2. Nuclear fuel from cradle to grave : existing variants and future options for the fuel cycle and resulting waste types / Wolfgang Kr�oger and Andrej Stankovski -- 3. Other waste origins (industry, medicine, research) : sources and resulting waste types / Michael I. Ojovan -- 4. Waste management policy and strategy / Klaus-J�urgen R�ohlig -- 5. Waste conditioning and wasteforms / Michael I. Ojovan -- 6. Storage and transport / Maik Stuke, Mathias H�aring and J�orn Becker -- 7. Disposal and other conceivable strategy 'endpoints' for different types of waste / Klaus-J�urgen R�ohlig -- 8. Geologic ('deep') disposal of high-level and other long-lived waste : host rocks, concepts, current international status / Klaus-J�urgen R�ohlig -- 9. Decision-making in the presence of uncertainty : the safety case as a tool supporting the development of a deep geologic repository / Klaus-J�urgen R�ohlig part II. Nuclear waste management and society. 10. Legal and regulatory issues / Hans Wanner -- 11. Perspectives on risk and risk perception / Anne Eckhardt -- 12. The politization and politics of nuclear waste : a socio-technical history / Karena Kalmbach -- 13. Role of stakeholder involvement in the implementation of radioactive waste management projects / David Brazier, Jo-Ann Facella, Pascale Jana K�unzi and Erik Setzman -- 14. Ethical aspects of high-level nuclear waste management / Konrad Ott -- 15. Geology, engineering, and society : repository siting as a socio-technical problem / Klaus-J�urgen R�ohlig -- 16. The German case for dealing with high-level radioactive waste : taking a socio-technical approach to address a socio-technical problem--chances and risks / Armin Grunwald.
Nuclear waste management is an interdisciplinary issue requiring a variety of approaches and a holistic understanding of the field. In this edited volume, Klaus-J�urgen R�ohlig brings together leading researchers from geoengineering, nuclear physics, materials science and the social sciences to provide an overview of the terminology and concepts required to engage in the field.
Early-career professionals involved in the nuclear waste field.
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Professor Klaus-J�urgen R�ohlig is a professor and head of the Repository Systems Department at Clausthal University of Technology (TU Clausthal) in Germany, a position he has held since 2007. His research includes safety analysis methodology, analytical assessment of repository systems, and socio-technical issues such as radioactive waste management and governance.