Too Hot to Touch The Problem of High-Level Nuclear Waste

Name: Too Hot to Touch The Problem of High-Level Nuclear Waste
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ISBN: 9781107030114

ISBN-10: 1107030110

ISBN-13: 9781107030114

Edition: 2012

Authors: William M. Alley, Rosemarie Alley

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Today, the issue of waste management is as prominent as reactor safety in the controversies surrounding nuclear power and is particularly topical in the US since the 2010 closure of the Yucca Mountain repository project. William and Rosemarie Alley provide an engaging and authoritative account of the controversies and possibilities surrounding disposal of nuclear waste in the US, with reference also to other countries around the world. The book tells the full history from the beginnings after World War II up to today, bringing to life the pioneering science, the political wrangling and media drama, and the not-in-my-backyard communities fighting to put waste elsewhere. Written in…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/22/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 383
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.25" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

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Preface


Acknowledgements


List of units


List of abbreviations



The Problem



The awakening



Brainstorming



The ocean as a dumping ground



Radioactivity and atomic energy



The Cold War legacy



The peaceful atom and its wastes



Recycling



Dry cask storage



Interim storage



A can of worms



WIPP



The Mountain



The search for a geologic repository



Nevada wins the lottery



The Nevada test site



Yucca mountain



How long is long?



Leaving almost no stone unturned



Surprise



Shake and bake



The project gets into hot water



No Solution in Sight



A new president, new policies



Nuclear waste and our energy future


Appendix:discussion questions


References


Index