Separation technologies are of crucial importance to the goal of
significantly reducing the volume of high-level nuclear waste, thereby
reducing the long-term health risks to mankind. International
co-operation, including the sharing of concepts and methods, as well as
technology transfer, is essential in accelerating research and
development in the field.
The writers of this book are all internationally recognised experts in
the field of separation technology, well qualified to assess and
criticize the current state of separation research as well as to
identify future opportunities for the application of separation
technologies to the solution of nuclear waste management problems. The
major emphases in the book are research opportunities in the utilization
of innovative and potentially more efficient and cost effective
processes for waste processing/treatment, actinide speciation/separation
methods, technological processing, and environmental restoration.