ABSTRACT
Critical in solving the nuclear waste problem are such issues as the techniques needed to equitably select waste repository sites; the implications for economies, populations, public services, social structures, and future generations in siting areas; the best means for mitigating short- and long-term public and private impact of repositories; and the type of citizen involvement that best ensures the full participation of national, state, and local interest groups in the siting process. The contributors to this book examine these and related issues, offering the perspectives of sociology, economics, philosophy, and political science and representing the differing views of various regions of the nation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part
Introduction
part |84 pages
Dimensions of the Nuclear Waste Problem
part |76 pages
Impacts of Nuclear Waste Storage and Repository Siting
part |54 pages
Mitigation of the Impacts of Nuclear Waste Storage and Repository Siting
part |58 pages
Local Community Response and Participation in Nuclear Waste Repository Siting
part |17 pages
Summary and Conclusions