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Acknowledgments ix
Preface xi
Introduction 1
Alternatives for the Management of Radioactive Waste 6
Surface Storage and Deep Geological Disposal 7
Reprocessing of Spent Fuel 15
Transmutation of Radioactive Waste 21
Overview of Legislative and Executive Actions Concerning High-Level Radioactive Waste 35
Early Efforts Regarding Waste Disposal 35
The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 39
The Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987 41
The Energy Policy Act of 1992 and Yucca Mountain Radiation Standards 42
The Years between 1992 and Presidential Approval in 2002 43
The Clock Starts Ticking: 2002 Approval of Yucca Mountain 44
Setbacks on the Way to a Licensing Application 45
The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982: Adoption of a Policy for the Disposal of Spent Fuel from Commercial Reactors 50
Factors Leading Up to the Adoption of a Disposal Policy for High-Level Nuclear Waste 50
The Politics of the 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act 52
Analysis of the 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act 55
Political Aftermath of the 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act 57
Narrowing the List ofCandidate Sites for the First Repository 60
The Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987
Postponement of the Second Repository 72
Candidate States for the First Repository Object 73
Monitored Retrievable Storage 76
Offering Incentives for a Repository 80
Udall Proposes a Moratorium 82
The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board 83
Selection of Yucca Mountain for the First Repository 84
Political Aftermath of the 1987 Act 88
Attempts to Store Waste on Indian Reservations 97
Yucca Mountain as a Repository 105
Description 105
Local Government Environment: Nye County 115
Political Environment: Nevada and Yucca Mountain 116
The Energy Act of 1992 and Yucca Mountain Radiation Standards 131
Introduction of Nuclear Waste Provisions into the Energy Act of 1992 131
The National Academy of Sciences Report 133
Public Health and Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada 133
The 2002 Approval of the Yucca Mountain Repository 139
House Action 141
Senate Action 146
Political Aftermath of the 2002 Act 162
Court Appeals 173
The Nevada Suit against the Department of Energy, Secretary Abraham, and President Bush 174
Nevada Challenges the Constitutionality of the Joint Resolution 180
Nevada and the Natural Resources Defense Council v. the Environmental Protection Agency 182
Nevada v. the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 185
The Court Hears Oral Argument 187
The Court Decides 188
Transportation of Spent Fuel to Yucca Mountain 199
High-Level Nuclear Waste Disposal in Other Countries 214
Canada 219
France 220
Germany 223
United Kingdom 224
Sweden 230
Finland 237
Japan 238
Russia 241
India 244
China 244
International Repository Proposals 245
Overview 246
Organizations Concerned with Nuclear Waste Issues 260
Principles Guiding Radioactive Waste Management 267
A Visit to Yucca Mountain 275
U.S. Secretaries of Energy 278
U.S. Department of Energy Guidelines for Repository Site Recommendations 289
Organizations Opposed to the Yucca Mountain Repository 292
Supporters of the Yucca Mountain Repository 294
Selected Bibliography 297
Index 301
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Randy Schaefer
reviewed Nuclear Waste Stalemate: Political and Scientific Controversies on April 25, 2009
Nuclear Waste Stalemate: Political and Scientific Controversies
This is basically the biography of Uranium. The history of how it was discovered and evolved to what it is today was a great read, especially considering the time we're in with everyone trying to get the bomb.
This powerful quote from the book's introduction sums it all up, " From dust to dust, the Earth came seeded with the means of it's own destruction--a geological original sin. "
The news is always talking about if terrorists ever got nuclear weapons how easy it would be to use them. After reading this book, I have become more fearful at the ease in which this could happen. If someone is determined to get uranium, I don't doubt that they will. There is little accounting of stuff by world governments and even some the inventory they know they are supposed to have goes missing.
It was scary to read about some boys finding some in a field (nobody knows how the ore they found got there) and hitting it with a hammer because it made nice sparks. Yikes! I never knew how precariously we are balanced on the nuclear precipice and now, unfortunately, have to believe it is only a matter of time until some nuclear terrorism occurs.
Oh yeah, I noticed an error in the book in which they talk about the Popeye cartoon and his nemesis "Brutus" according to the book. It's actually Bluto.
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