Problems and Prospects for Nuclear Waste Disposal Policy
Published on 30. November 1993
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-0-313-29058-9 (ISBN)
Description
The development and use of nuclear power in the United States has become stalemated. After the early promise of energy too cheap to meter, public concerns and legal challenges have stymied the nuclear power industry. Chief among these is the issue of safe disposal of nuclear waste. This volume, therefore, examines the dynamics of nuclear waste disposal policy. It is organized to address a wide range of issues found in the policy debate, e.g., the interrelationship between science and public choice, policy management and implementation, legal protection and liability, quality assurance and transportation, and so on. The volume provides a comprehensive view of the complex environment in which nuclear waste disposal policy develops.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
432 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-313-29058-9 (9780313290589)
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Persons
ERIC B. HERZIK is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Reno. He is the editor (with B. Brown) of Gubernatorial Leadership and State Policy (Greenwood, 1991).
ALVIN H. MUSHKATEL is Professor of Public Affairs and Director of the Office of Hazards Studies at Arizona State University. He is the author (with R. Perry) of Disaster Management (Quorum, 1984).
ALVIN H. MUSHKATEL is Professor of Public Affairs and Director of the Office of Hazards Studies at Arizona State University. He is the author (with R. Perry) of Disaster Management (Quorum, 1984).
Content
Illustrations Preface When Rationality and Good Science Are Not Enough: Science, Politics, and the Policy Process by Eric B. Herzik and E. Robert Statham Beyond Yucca Mountain and Environmental Gridlock: An Alternative Future for Nuclear Waste Policy by Bruce B. Clary Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compacts: Cases in the Illogic of Collective Action by Michael V. McGinnis Legal Issues Surrounding Nuclear Waste Storage and Transportation by J. Holmes Armstead and Karlen J. Reed Critical Organization and Management Issues in Radioactive Waste Disposal by Brian Cook Managing Science: Quality Assurance and Nuclear Waste Disposal by Amy Snyder McCabe Transporting Nuclear Wastes: Securing Public Trust by Leonard S. Goodman Nuclear Waste Management in Sweden: Balancing Risk Perceptions and Developing Community Consensus by Marianne Lowgren Subsystem Politics and the Nuclear Weapons Complex: Congressional Oversight of DOE's Environmental Restoration Program by James A. Thurber and Timothy C. Evanson Environmental Policymaking under New Federalism: The Hanford Clean-Up by Marcy Everest Index