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1 online resource (257 pages) |
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Cover; Not Here, Not There, Not Anywhere; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Not Here, Not There, Notanywhere: an Introduction; Chapter 2. The Half-life of Federal Responsibility: the Devolution of Llrw Disposal; Chapter 3. Glowing Recommendations: Nimby, Environmental Justice, and the Framing of Llrw Site Selection; Chapter 4. Power Generation: Active Opposition to Llrw Site Proposals; Chapter 5. Critical Masses: Disruptive Versus Conventional Formsof Active Opposition; Chapter 6. Radioactive Decay:implementation Failure |
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Chapter 7. Predictable Disintegration and Stability: the Fragile Equilibrium of Llrw Disposal PolicyAppendix; References; Index |
| Summary |
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 |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Radioactive waste disposal -- United States
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Hazardous wastes.
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Hazardous wastes
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Radioactive waste disposal
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136522079 |
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1136522077 |
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9781936331871 |
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193633187X |
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