One Hundred Centuries of Solitude: Redirecting America's High-Level Nuclear Waste Policy

ISBN-13: 9780367297367 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 129 str.

James Flynn; James Chalmers; Doug Easterling

Opis

This book examines the Nuclear Waste Policy Act passed by Congress in 1982 The authors trace the evolution of the political and social turmoil created and consider recommendations for a new national policy for the storage of hazardous nuclear waste.

Spis treści

Preface -- Overview of a Troubled Program -- Problems with High-Level Nuclear Waste and a Little History -- Policies and Politics -- Complexity and Uncertainty -- Public Responses to High-Level Nuclear Wastes -- International Experiences -- Where Do We Go from Here? -- Update on the High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository Siting

O autorze

The authors have studied the socioeconomic effects of nuclear waste storage for over a decade The authors have studied the socioeconomic effects of nuclear waste storage for over a decade The authors have studied the socioeconomic effects of nuclear waste storage for over a decade.