1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996211658003316

Titolo

Journal of bionic engineering

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Oxford], : Science Press

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore

ISSN

2543-2141

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Bionics

Biotechnology

Bioengineering

Biomedical engineering

Biomechanics

Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical Technology

Biomechanical Phenomena

Equipment Design

Bionique

Biotechnologie

Génie biomédical

Biomécanique

biomedical engineering

Periodical

periodicals.

Periodicals.

Périodiques.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed

Published under the sponsorship of Jilin University.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910961701403321

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.

Sommario/riassunto

In 1979, provoked by the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, governors of states hosting disposal facilities for low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) refused to accept additional shipments. The resulting shortage of disposal sites for wastes spurred Congress to devolve responsibility for establishing new, geographically diffuse LLRW disposal sites to states and regional compacts, with siting authorities often employing socio-economic and political data to target communities that would give little resistance to their plans. The communities, however, were far from compliant, organizing nearly 1000 opposition events that ended up blocking the implementation of any new disposal sites. Sherman



provides comprehensive coverage of this opposition, testing hypotheses regarding movement mobilization and opposition strategy by analyzing the frequency and disruptive qualities of activism. In the process, he bridges applied policy questions about hazardous waste disposal with broader questions about the dynamics of social movements and the intergovernmental politics of policy implementation. The issues raised in this book are sure to be renewed as interest grows in nuclear power and the disposal of the resulting waste remains uncertain.