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The Road to Yucca Mountain: The Development of Radioactive Waste Policy in the United States: : The Development of Radioactive Waste Policy in the United States

Autor J. Samuel Walker Editat de Nuclear Regulatory Commission (U.S.)
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 9 mar 2017 – vârsta de la 19 ani
This book traces the efforts of policy makers to find solutions to the complex issues for disposal of radioactive waste that has become a source of scientific inquiry, programmatic deadlock, and public controversy. The author's focus is on waste from the commercial applications of nuclear energy, not exclusively from nuclear power plants. Additionally, author, J. Samuel Walker, examines the early history of radioactive waste disposal at government installations that produced materials for nuclear weapons within this book.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780160949425
ISBN-10: 0160949424
Pagini: 228
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: Us Independent Agencies and Commissions
Colecția Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Locul publicării:United States

Recenzii

Testimonial #1:
"An essential work on a complex problem: what to do with radioactive waste? In setting the context on this controversial subject, J. Samuel Walker educates us on how we confront nuclear power as a viable option and its long-range implications."
--Martin Melosi, author ofEnergy Metropolis: An Environmental History of Houston and the Gulf Coast

Testimonial #2
"Samuel Walker's fascinating account details the United States' sixty-year search for radioactive waste solutions.  Here scientists, policymakers, politicians, activists, and the public alternately clash and cooperate, and prospects for a solution wane and wax accordingly.  In the end, billions of dollars, years of hearings, and miles of tunnels, we're back to square one. "
--Richard Wolfson, author ofNuclear Choices: A Citizen's Guide to Nuclear Technology

Testimonial #3
"Walker's thoughtful and detailed history of the technology and politics of the nuclear waste problem lucidly illustrates why, more than sixty years after the dawn of the atomic age, we have yet to get any of the stuff in the ground safely and effectively, where it belongs.  This book should be required reading for everyone, whether politician, bureaucrat, or citizen."
--Ronnie D. Lipschutz, author ofRadioactive Waste: Politics, Technology, and Waste
 

Notă biografică

J. Samuel Walker is the historian of the United States Regulatory Commision.  He is the author ofThree Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective(ISBN: 9780160945939) andPermissible Dose: A History o Radiation Protection in the Twentieth Century(ISBN: 9780160949432).

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Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface
1. A Solvable Problem
2. A "Huge and Ever-Increasing Problem"
3. An "Atomic Garbage Dump" for Kansas
4. New Directions in Radioactive Waste Management
5.  Progressing toward Stalemate
6.  Commercial Low-Level Waste: A "Once Low Priority Matter"
7.  The Transportation of Nuclear Waste
8. A Legislative "Solution"

Notes
Essay on Sources
Index