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.