| Main Title |
The road to Yucca Mountain : the development of radioactive waste policy in the United States / |
| Author |
Walker, J. Samuel,
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| Publisher |
University of California Press, |
| Year Published |
2009 |
| OCLC Number |
276274684 |
| ISBN |
9780520260450; 0520260457 |
| Subjects |
Radioactive waste disposal--Government policy--United States ;
Radioactive waste disposal in the ground--Nevada--Yucca Mountain ;
Endlagerung ;
Entsorgung ;
Politik ;
Radioaktiver Abfall ;
USA
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
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Checkout
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| ERAM |
TD898.118 .W35 2009 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
04/18/2011 |
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| Collation |
xi, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Notes |
Shipping list no.: 2009-0442-P. "Published in association with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-222) and index. |
| Contents Notes |
A solvable problem -- A "huge and ever-increasing problem" -- An "atomic garbage dump" for Kansas -- New directions in radioactive waste management -- Progressing toward stalemate -- Commercial low-level waste : a "once low priority matter" -- The transportation of nuclear waste -- A legislative "solution." 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. |
