Bibliograph

Fuel cycle to nowhere, U.S. law and policy on nuclear waste, Richard Burleson Stewart and Jane Bloom Stewart

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Fuel cycle to nowhere, U.S. law and policy on nuclear waste, Richard Burleson Stewart and Jane Bloom Stewart

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-412) and index

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Fuel cycle to nowhere

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

699009906

Responsibility statement

Richard Burleson Stewart and Jane Bloom Stewart

Sub title

U.S. law and policy on nuclear waste

Summary

The first comprehensive history and overview of U.S. nuclear waste law and regulation, Fuel cycle to Nowhere traces sixty years of nuclear weapons programs, the growth of nuclear power and its waste legacies, the rise of environmentalism, and the responses of federal agencies -- from book jacket

Table Of Contents

The evolution of U.S. nuclear waste law and policy -- Radioactive waste classification and regulation -- Nuclear waste transport -- Low-level waste disposal -- WIPP : the rocky road to success -- Yucca Mountain : blueprint for failure -- Options for orphan wastes -- Nuclear waste in the United States : lessons learned and future choices -- Appendix A : Operating U.S. nuclear power units by year -- Appendix B : Uranium oxide spot prices -- Appendix C : The Hanford waste cleanup agreement and program

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