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Not Here, Not There, Not Anywhere : Politics, Social Movements, and the Disposal of Low-Level Radioactive Waste.
In 1979, provoked by the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, governors of states hosting disposal facilities for low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) refused to accept additional shipments. The resulting shortage of disposal sites for wastes spurred Congress to devolve responsibility for establishing...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Not Here, Not There, Not Anywhere; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Not Here, Not There, Notanywhere: an Introduction; Chapter 2. The Half-life of Federal Responsibility: the Devolution of Llrw Disposal; Chapter 3. Glowing Recommendations: Nimby, Environmental Justice, and the Framing of Llrw Site Selection; Chapter 4. Power Generation: Active Opposition to Llrw Site Proposals; Chapter 5. Critical Masses: Disruptive Versus Conventional Formsof Active Opposition; Chapter 6. Radioactive Decay:implementation Failure.
- Chapter 7. Predictable Disintegration and Stability: the Fragile Equilibrium of Llrw Disposal PolicyAppendix; References; Index.