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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809252903321

Autore

Sherman Daniel J

Titolo

Not here, not there, not anywhere : politics, social movements, and the disposal of low-level radioactive waste / / Daniel J. Sherman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : RFF Press, 2011

ISBN

1-136-52206-9

9786613714732

1-136-52207-7

1-280-87342-6

1-936331-87-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xii, 241 p. : ill

Disciplina

363.72/89

Soggetti

Radioactive waste disposal - United States

Hazardous wastes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-233) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Not here, not there, not anywhere : an introduction -- 2. The half-life of federal responsibility : the devolution of LLRW disposal -- 3. Glowing recommendations : NIMBY, environmental justice, and the framing of LLRW site selection -- 4. Power generation : active opposition to LLRW site proposals -- 5. Critical masses : disruptive versus conventional forms of active opposition -- 6. Radioactive decay : implementation failure -- 7. Predictable distintegration and stability : the fragile equilibrium of LLRW disposal policy.