Cargando…

Burying uncertainty : risk and the case against geological disposal of nuclear waste /

Shrader-Frechette looks at current U.S. government policy regarding the nation's high-level radioactive waste both scientifically and ethically. What should be done with our nation's high-level radioactive waste, which will remain hazardous for thousands of years? This is one of the most p...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shrader-Frechette, K. S. (Kristin Sharon)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1993.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000 a 4500
001 JSTOR_ocm45732024
003 OCoLC
005 20231005004200.0
006 m o d
007 cr |||||||||||
008 920929s1993 cau ob s001 0 eng
010 |a  2021696962 
040 |a DLC  |b eng  |e pn  |c DLC  |d YDXCP  |d SHH  |d N$T  |d UMR  |d UMC  |d DOS  |d IDEBK  |d JSTOR  |d OCLCF  |d COO  |d EBLCP  |d MERUC  |d IOG  |d EZ9  |d VTS  |d AGLDB  |d AU@  |d LVT  |d STF  |d M8D  |d DEGRU  |d INARC  |d AJS  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ 
019 |a 535981982  |a 630528749  |a 667008768  |a 816342098  |a 990537477  |a 994414413  |a 1058142010 
020 |a 9780520913967  |q (ebook) 
020 |a 0520913965 
020 |a 9780520082441 
020 |a 9780520083011  |q (paper) 
020 |a 0520082443 
020 |a 0520083016  |q (paper) 
020 |z 0520082443 
020 |z 0520083016  |q (paper) 
020 |z 1282354973 
020 |z 9781282354975 
029 1 |a AU@  |b 000048564863 
029 1 |a AU@  |b 000051317741 
029 1 |a DEBBG  |b BV043064314 
029 1 |a DEBSZ  |b 422514136 
029 1 |a GBVCP  |b 1003560229 
029 1 |a GBVCP  |b 800713842 
035 |a (OCoLC)45732024  |z (OCoLC)535981982  |z (OCoLC)630528749  |z (OCoLC)667008768  |z (OCoLC)816342098  |z (OCoLC)990537477  |z (OCoLC)994414413  |z (OCoLC)1058142010 
037 |a 22573/cttt0zv0  |b JSTOR 
050 0 0 |a TD898.2 
072 7 |a TEC  |x 028000  |2 bisacsh 
072 7 |a NAT011000  |2 bisacsh 
072 7 |a RNH, RNQ  |2 bicssc 
082 0 0 |a 621.48/38  |2 20 
049 |a UAMI 
100 1 |a Shrader-Frechette, K. S.  |q (Kristin Sharon) 
245 1 0 |a Burying uncertainty :  |b risk and the case against geological disposal of nuclear waste /  |c K.S. Shrader-Frechette. 
260 |a Berkeley :  |b University of California Press,  |c ©1993. 
300 |a 1 online resource (xiv, 346 pages) 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-327) and indexes. 
588 0 |a Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. 
505 0 0 |t The Riddle of Nuclear Waste --  |t The Status Quo: Promoting Permanent Disposal --  |t The Mistakes of the Past --  |t Understanding the Origins of the Problem --  |t Radioactive Waste: Technical Background --  |t Radioactive Waste: Historical Background --  |t The Current Status of High-Level Radioactive Waste --  |t Radioactive Waste: Legal and Regulatory Background --  |t Reliance on Value Judgments in Repository Risk Assessment --  |t Science and Methodological Value Judgments --  |t Quantitative Risk Assessment and Value Judgments --  |t Value Judgments in Estimating Risks --  |t Value Judgments in Evaluating Risks --  |t Subjective Estimates of Repository Risks --  |t Repository Risk Estimates Rely on Questionable Value Judgments --  |t Value Judgments about Long-term Risks --  |t Value Judgments about Model Reliability --  |t Value Judgments about Simplification of the Phenomena --  |t Value Judgments about Reliability of Sampling --  |t Value Judgments about Laboratory Predictions --  |t Value Judgments about Fractured, Unsaturated Media --  |t Value Judgments that Interpolations Are Acceptable --  |t Value Judgments that Human Error Is Not Significant --  |t Problems with Yucca Mountain versus Problems with Permanent Disposal --  |t Subjective Evaluations of Repository Risks --  |t Value Judgments that a Given Magnitude of Risk Is Acceptable --  |t Value Judgments that Risk Reductions Are Sufficient --  |t Value Judgments that Worst-case Hazards Are Not Credible --  |t Value Judgments that Average Risks Are Acceptable --  |t Value Judgments that More Recent Assessments Are More Reliable --  |t Value Judgments that Utilitarian Risk Theories Are Just. 
520 |a Shrader-Frechette looks at current U.S. government policy regarding the nation's high-level radioactive waste both scientifically and ethically. What should be done with our nation's high-level radioactive waste, which will remain hazardous for thousands of years? This is one of the most pressing problems faced by the nuclear power industry, and current U.S. government policy is to bury "radwastes" in specially designed deep repositories. K.S. Shrader-Frechette argues that this policy is profoundly misguided on both scientific and ethical grounds. Scientifically--because we cannot trust the precision of 10,000-year predictions that promise containment of the waste. Ethically--because geological disposal ignores the rights of present and future generations to equal treatment, due process, and free informed consent. Shrader-Frechette focuses her argument on the world's first proposed high-level radioactive waste facility at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Analyzing a mass of technical literature, she demonstrates the weaknesses in the professional risk-assessors' arguments that claim the site is sufficiently safe for such a plan. We should postpone the question of geological disposal for at least a century and use monitored, retrievable, above-ground storage of the waste until then. Her message regarding radwaste is clear: what you can't see can hurt you 
590 |a JSTOR  |b Books at JSTOR All Purchased 
590 |a JSTOR  |b Books at JSTOR Demand Driven Acquisitions (DDA) 
590 |a JSTOR  |b Books at JSTOR Evidence Based Acquisitions 
650 0 |a Radioactive waste disposal in the ground  |x Environmental aspects. 
650 0 |a Radioactive waste disposal in the ground  |x Risk assessment. 
650 6 |a Déchets radioactifs  |x Élimination dans le sol  |x Aspect de l'environnement. 
650 7 |a TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING  |x Power Resources  |x Nuclear.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a NATURE  |x Environmental Conservation & Protection.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a Radioactive waste disposal in the ground  |x Environmental aspects.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01087884 
650 7 |a Radioactive waste disposal in the ground  |x Risk assessment.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01087907 
650 7 |a Radioaktiver Abfall  |2 gnd 
650 7 |a Endlagerung  |2 gnd 
650 7 |a Geologie  |2 gnd 
650 7 |a Risiko  |2 gnd 
653 0 |a Radioactive waste materials  |a Disposal 
776 0 8 |i Print version:  |t Burying uncertainty.  |d Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1993  |z 0520082443  |w (DLC) 92035083 
856 4 0 |u https://jstor.uam.elogim.com/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pp0mt  |z Texto completo 
938 |a De Gruyter  |b DEGR  |n 9780520913967 
938 |a ProQuest Ebook Central  |b EBLB  |n EBL224698 
938 |a EBSCOhost  |b EBSC  |n 41613 
938 |a ProQuest MyiLibrary Digital eBook Collection  |b IDEB  |n 235497 
938 |a Internet Archive  |b INAR  |n buryinguncertain0000shra 
938 |a YBP Library Services  |b YANK  |n 2320036 
938 |a YBP Library Services  |b YANK  |n 3145336 
994 |a 92  |b IZTAP