Problems and prospects for nuclear waste disposal policy

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Problems and prospects for nuclear waste disposal policy

edited by Eric B. Herzik and Alvin H. Mushkatel

(Contributions in political science, no. 283)

Greenwood Press, 1993

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"Prepared under the auspices of the Policy Studies Organization, Stuart S. Nagel, publications coordinator."

Includes bibliographical references and index

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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.

Table of Contents

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

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