One Hundred Centuries Of Solitude: Redirecting America's Highlevel Nuclear Waste Policies

by James Flynn, James Chalmers, Doug Easterling, Roger Kasperson, Howard Kunreuther

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367297367
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/31/2021
Pages:	129
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.31(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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