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Radioactive Waste: Politics and Technology

Author
Berkhout F.
Date
1991
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-043352)
Publisher | Place of publication
Routledge | London, UK
ISBN
0-415-05493-1
Pages
256 p.
Language
English
Country/Territory
Germany, United Kingdom, Sweden
Subject
Energy, Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Radioactive pollution Waste disposal Nuclear energy
Abstract

A historical account of the policy and practice of radioactive waste management. Assesses the varying degrees of influence which the public, the industry and the government exercise over these actions. An analysis of nuclear strategy, the politics of nuclear power and the shifting emphasis of government regulation and the current debate about power, the environment and society.