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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815661103321

Autore

Cotton Matthew

Titolo

Nuclear waste politics : an incrementalist perspective / / Matthew Cotton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa Business, , [2017]

ISBN

0-367-17928-8

1-317-66501-5

1-315-76796-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 pages)

Disciplina

363.728956

363.72890941

Soggetti

Radioactive wastes - Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

The problem of radioactive wastes -- Inflexible technologies and incrementalism -- Nuclear power and the problem of radioactive waste -- Nirex and the search for a site -- Health, environmental risks and the social construction of radioactive waste -- The participatory-deliberative turn -- Managing radioactive waste safely -- Partnership, volunteerism and ethical incrementalism -- What next for nuclear waste?