Public Reactions To Nuclear Waste

Author : Riley E. Dunlap,Michael E. Kraft,Eugene A. Rosa
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Science
ISBN : 0822313731

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Public Reactions to Nuclear Waste by Riley E. Dunlap,Michael E. Kraft,Eugene A. Rosa Pdf

Nuclear waste is going nowhere, and neither is the debate over its disposal. The problem, growing every day, has proven intractable, with policymakers on one side, armed with daunting technical data, and the public on the other, declaring: not in my backyard. This timely volume offers a look past our present impasse into the nature and roots of public viewpoints on nuclear waste disposal. A much-needed supplement to the largely technical literature on this problem, the book provides extensive studies of the reaction of citizens--whether rural or urban, near-site residents or prospective visitors--to proposed nuclear waste sites around the nation, particularly Nevada's Yucca Mountain. Conducted by distinguished sociologists, psychologists, political scientists, and economists, these studies constitute the most comprehensive account available of the impact of public perceptions and opinions on the nuclear waste policy process in the United States. As such, the collection will clarify the politics of nuclear waste siting and will give impetus to the stalled debate over the issue. Contributors. Rodney K. Baxter, Julia G. Brody, Bruce Clary, Lori Cramer, William H. Desvousges, Riley E. Dunlap, Douglas Easterling, Judy K. Fleishman, James Flynn, William R. Freudenburg, Michael E. Kraft, Richard S. Krannich, Howard Kunreuther, Mark Layman, Ronald L. Little, Robert Cameron Mitchell, Alvin H. Mushkatel, Joanne M. Nigg, K. David Pijawka, Eugene A. Rosa, Paul Slovic

Author : Robert E. Howell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Environmental protection
ISBN : UOM:39015095122936

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Citizen Participation in Nuclear Waste Repository Siting by Robert E. Howell Pdf

Author : Luther J. Carter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781317376309

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Nuclear Imperatives and Public Trust by Luther J. Carter Pdf

This title, first published in 1987, examines the topic of nuclear waste management, and the way in which the public reacts to this issue. Part 1 explores the sources of public unease, such as the way in which nuclear waste had failed to be properly contained in the past. Part 2 looks at the search for a waste policy and the introduction of The Nuclear Waste Policy Act. Part 3 examines the waste problem from the standpoint of it being an international issue, and finally, Part 4 looks to the future and the lessons that we can learn from past nuclear waste management failures. This book will be of interest to students of environmental management.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Radioactive Waste Management,Committee on Disposition of High-Level Radioactive Waste Through Geological Isolation
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2001-07-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309073172

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Disposition of High-Level Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Radioactive Waste Management,Committee on Disposition of High-Level Radioactive Waste Through Geological Isolation Pdf

Focused attention by world leaders is needed to address the substantial challenges posed by disposal of spent nuclear fuel from reactors and high-level radioactive waste from processing such fuel. The biggest challenges in achieving safe and secure storage and permanent waste disposal are societal, although technical challenges remain. Disposition of radioactive wastes in a deep geological repository is a sound approach as long as it progresses through a stepwise decision-making process that takes advantage of technical advances, public participation, and international cooperation. Written for concerned citizens as well as policymakers, this book was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and waste management organizations in eight other countries.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,Board on Radioactive Waste Management,Panel on Social and Economic Aspects of Radioactive Waste Management
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1984-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309034449

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Social and Economic Aspects of Radioactive Waste Disposal by National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,Board on Radioactive Waste Management,Panel on Social and Economic Aspects of Radioactive Waste Management Pdf

To complement the growing body of knowledge on the physical aspects of radioactive waste disposal, this new report identifies the "socioeconomic and institutional" policy issues that must be addressed in implementing the Nuclear Waste Policy Act. Site location, transportation modes, disposal schedules, regulatory systems, and the effects of these systems on the people living near the sites and along the transportation routes are addressed.

Author : Chuck McCutcheon
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0826322093

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Nuclear Reactions by Chuck McCutcheon Pdf

Marks the first effort to trace WIPP's (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant) evolution.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Committee on Separations Technology and Transmutation Systems
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1996-02-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309052269

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Nuclear Wastes by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Committee on Separations Technology and Transmutation Systems Pdf

Disposal of radioactive waste from nuclear weapons production and power generation has caused public outcry and political consternation. Nuclear Wastes presents a critical review of some waste management and disposal alternatives to the current national policy of direct disposal of light water reactor spent fuel. The book offers clearcut conclusions for what the nation should do today and what solutions should be explored for tomorrow. The committee examines the currently used "once-through" fuel cycle versus different alternatives of separations and transmutation technology systems, by which hazardous radionuclides are converted to nuclides that are either stable or radioactive with short half-lives. The volume provides detailed findings and conclusions about the status and feasibility of plutonium extraction and more advanced separations technologies, as well as three principal transmutation concepts for commercial reactor spent fuel. The book discusses nuclear proliferation; the U.S. nuclear regulatory structure; issues of health, safety and transportation; the proposed sale of electrical energy as a means of paying for the transmutation system; and other key issues.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045555971

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Nuclear Waste Disposal Issues by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation Pdf

Author : G. Sundqvist
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789401599504

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The Bedrock of Opinion by G. Sundqvist Pdf

When did man discover nuclear waste? To answer this question, we first have to ask if nuclear waste really is something that could be called a scientific discovery, such as might deserve a Nobel Prize in physics. In early writings within nuclear energy research radioactive waste appears to be a neglected issue, a story never told. Nuclear waste first seems to appear when a public debate arose about public health risks of nuclear power in the late 1960s and early 70s. In nuclear physics, consensus was established at an early stage about the understanding of the splitting of uranium nuclei. The fission products were identified and their chains of disintegration and radioactivity soon were well established facts among the involved scientists, as was an awareness of the risks, for example the strong radioactivity of strontium and iodine, and the poisonous effects of plutonium. However, the by-products were never, either in part or in total, called or perceived as waste, just as fission by-products. How and where to dispose of the by-products were questions that were never asked by the pioneers of nuclear physics.

Author : Darrin Durant,Genevieve Fuji Johnson
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780774859035

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Nuclear Waste Management in Canada by Darrin Durant,Genevieve Fuji Johnson Pdf

As oil reserves decline and the environment takes centre stage in public policy discussions, the merits and dangers of nuclear power and nuclear waste management are once again being debated. Nuclear Waste Management in Canada provides a critical counterpoint to the position of government and industry by examining not only the technical but also the social and ethical aspects of the issue. What do frequently used terms such as safety, risk, and acceptability really mean? And how and why did the public consultation process in Canada fail to address ethical and social issues? This timely collection defuses the uncertainty, ambiguity, and ignorance that surrounds discussions of nuclear energy.

Author : C.A. Vlek,G. Cvetkovich
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1989-07-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0792303717

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Social Decision Methodology for Technological Projects by C.A. Vlek,G. Cvetkovich Pdf

This book grew out of the conviction that the preparation and management of large-scale technological projects can be substantially improved. We have witnessed the often unhappy course of societal and political decision making concerning projects such as hazardous chemical installations, novel types of electric power plant or storage sites for solid wastes. This has led us to believe that probabilistic risk analysis, technical reliability analysis and environm,ental impact analysis are necessary but insufficient for making acceptable, and justifiable, social decisions about such projects. There is more to socio-technical decision making than applying acceptance rules based on neglige ably low accident probabilities or on maximum credible accidents. Consideration must also be given to psychological, social and political issues and methods of decision making. Our conviction initially gave rise to an international experts' workshop titled 'Social decision methodology for technological projects' (SDMTP) and held in May 1986 at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, at a time when Cvetkovich spent a sabbatical there. The work shop - aimed at surveying the issues and listing the methods to address them - was the first part of an effort whose second part was directed at the production of this volume. Plans called for the book to deal systematically with the main problems of socio-technical decision making; it was to list a number of useful approaches and methods; and it was to present a number of integrative conclusions and recommendations for both policy makers and methodologists.

Author : Ray Kemp
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Radioactive wastes
ISBN : 0719031842

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The Politics of Radioactive Waste Disposal by Ray Kemp Pdf

Considers the politics of low-level and intermediate-level radioactive waste disposal (high-level waste is another kettle of [toxic] fish altogether, just now beginning to enter the political arena) from a comparative international perspective in order to discover what factors impinge upon the overriding need for legitimate and publicly acceptable solutions. Distributed by St. Martin's Press. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Stanley M. Nealey,Barbara D. Melber,William L. Rankin
Publisher : Great Source Education Group
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Education
ISBN : UCAL:B4540525

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Public Opinion and Nuclear Energy by Stanley M. Nealey,Barbara D. Melber,William L. Rankin Pdf

Author : Achim Brunnengräber,Maria Rosaria Di Nucci
Publisher : Springer
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783658271077

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Conflicts, Participation and Acceptability in Nuclear Waste Governance by Achim Brunnengräber,Maria Rosaria Di Nucci Pdf

This book is the last part of a trilogy and concludes a long-term project that focussed on nuclear waste governance in 24 countries. It deals with core themes of the disposal of high-level radioactive waste (HLW), e.g. the wicked problems of housing nuclear waste disposal facilities, public participation and public discourse, voluntarism and compensation in siting as well as the role of advisory bodies and commissions. The volume reflects on the diverse factors that shape the debate on what can be considered an ”acceptable solution” and on various strategies adopted in order to minimise conflicts and possibly increase acceptability. The various theoretical and empirical contributions shed light on several mechanisms and issues touched upon in these strategies, such as the role of trust, voluntarism, economic interests at stake, compensation, ethics, governance, and participation.

Author : Conrad P. Straub
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015003387845

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Public Health Implications of Radioactive Waste Releases by Conrad P. Straub Pdf