The tainted desert
Subtitle: environmental ruin in the American West
By: Valerie L. Kuletz.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Nevada.; Nuclear weapons -- Nevada -- Testing.; Radioactive waste disposal -- Environmental aspects -- Nevada.; Indians of North America -- West (U.S.); Nuclear weapons -- West (U.S.) -- Testing.; Radioactive waste disposal -- Environmental aspects -- West (U.S.)
Description: The Tainted Desert documents the controversies surrounding the Yucca Mountain project - America's first large-scale national high-level nuclear waste site, built at a cost of billions of taxpayer dollars and located in Nevada less than 100 miles from Las Vegas.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-329) and index.