Fuel cycle to nowhere
Subtitle: U.S. law and policy on nuclear waste
By: Richard B. Stewart and Jane B. Stewart
Contributors: Stewart, Jane B.
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Nashville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 427
ISBN-13: 9780826517746
Subjects: Radioactive waste disposal; Hazardous wastes; Radioactive wastes; Law and legislation; Transportation
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-412) and index.
Table of contents: title: The evolution of U.S. nuclear waste law and policy; title: Radioactive waste classification and regulation; title: Nuclear waste transport; title: Low-level waste disposal; title: WIPP : the rocky road to success; title: Yucca Mountain : blueprint for failure; title: Options for orphan wastes; title: Nuclear waste in the United States : lessons learned and future choices.