Book ID: CBB001180172

The road to Yucca Mountain: The development of radioactive waste policy in the United States (2009)

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Walker, J. Samuel (Author)


University of California Press


Publication Date: 2009
Physical Details: xi + 228 pp.; ill.
Language: English

Description Examines the United States government's efforts to deal with the technical and political problems associated with radioactive waste, describing various approaches used by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission to deal with radioactive waste sites throughout the country. (from WorldCat)


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Authors & Contributors
Rand, Lisa Ruth
Ana Muñiz
Troia, Matthew M.
Stranges, John B.
Ghosh, Ritwick
Celso, Baldivieso, Jr.
Journals
Technology and Culture
Science as Culture
Icon: Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology
Environmental History
Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society
Comparative Technology Transfer and Society
Publishers
University of California Press
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Oregon State University
University of Nebraska Press
University of Alabama Press
Concepts
Technology and government
Pollution, radioactive
Nuclear and radioactive waste
Waste disposal
Nuclear power; atomic energy
Public health
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
Places
United States
Soviet Union
Love Canal
Fresh Kills Landfill (New York, N.Y.)
Georgia (U.S.)
Puerto Rico
Institutions
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty; Partial Test Ban Treaty; Limited Test Ban Treaty (1963)
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
United States. Department of Energy
Brookhaven National Laboratory (United States)
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