Controlling the Atom in the 21st Century

ISBN-13: 9780367162450 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 398 str.

David P. O'Very

Opis

This book is concerned with improving the ways in which the U.S. regulates both civil and defense nuclear activities and controls the dissemination of weapons-usable nuclear materials, technology, and information in the 21st century.

Spis treści

Part One: Nuclear Weapons 1. Strengthening International Controls on the Military Applications of Nuclear Energy: Technical and Political Aspects of a Universal Nuclear Explosive Material Cutoff and Control (NEMC2) System 2. Public Access to Nuclear Energy and Weapons Information 3. Managing Change in the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex Part Two: Nuclear Power 4. The Role of the States in Nuclear Regulation 5. The Role of the Public in the Licensing of Nuclear Power Plants 6. Public Participation in the Oversight of Nuclear Power Plant Operations 7. The Re-licensing of Nuclear Power Plants 8. Nuclear Oversight by Congress 9. An Investment Community Perspective on Nuclear Power Part Three: Nuclear Waste 10. The Regulation of Radioactive Pollution 11. Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants 12. The Disposal of High-Level Nuclear Waste

O autorze

David P. O'Very, a Legal Fellow in the NRDC Nuclear Program during preparation of this book, is an attorney advisor to the Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.Christopher E. Paine is a Senior Research Associate in the NRDC Nuclear Program. Dan W. Reicher, Senior Attorney in NRDC's Nuclear Program at the time this book was prepared, is Deputy Chief of Staff and Environmental Counsel to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy.