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Acknowledgments
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Alternatives for the management of radioactive waste
Surface storage and deep geological disposal
Reprocessing of spent fuel
Transmutation of radioactive waste
3. Overview of legislative and executive actions concerning high-level radioactive waste
Early efforts regarding waste disposal
The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982
The Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987
The Energy Policy Act of 1992 and Yucca Mountain radiation standards
The years between 1992 and presidential approval in 2002
The clock starts ticking : 2002 approval of Yucca Mountain
Setbacks on the way to a licensing application
4. The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 : adoption of a policy for the disposal of spent fuel from commercial reactors
Factors leading up to the adoption of a disposal policy for high-level nuclear waste
The politics of the 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act
Analysis of the 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act
Political aftermath of the 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act
Narrowing the list of candidate sites for the first repository.
5. The Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987
Postponement of the second repository
Candidate states for the first repository object
Monitored retrievable storage
Offering incentives for a repository
Udall proposes a moratorium
The Nuclear Water Technical Review Board
Selection of Yucca Mountain for the first repository
Political aftermath of the 1987 Act
6. Attempts to store waste on Indian reservations
7. Yucca Mountain as a repository
Description
Local government environment : Nye County
Political environment : Nevada and Yucca Mountain
8. The Energy Act of 1992 and Yucca Mountain radiation standards
Introduction of nuclear waste provisions into the Energy Act of 1992
The National Academy of Sciences Report
Public health and environmental radiation protection standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada
9. The 2002 approval of the Yucca Mountain Repository
House action
10. Senate action
Political aftermath of the 2002 Act.
10. Court appeals
The Nevada suit against the Department of Energy, Secretary Abraham, and President Bush
Nevada challenges the constitutionality of the Joint Resolution
Nevada and the Natural Resources Defense Council v. the Environmental Protection Agency
Nevada v. the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The courts hear oral argument
The court decides
11. Transportation of spent fuel to Yucca Mountain
12. High-level nuclear waste disposal in other countries
Canada
France
Germany
United Kingdom
Sweden
Finland
Japan
Russia
India
China
International repository proposals
Overview
Appendix A : Organizations concerned with nuclear waste issues
Appendix B : Principles guiding radioactive waste management
Appendix C : A visit to Yucca Mountain
Appendix E : U.S. Department of Energy guidelines for repository site recommendations
Appendix F : Organizations opposed to the Yucca Mountain repository
Appendix G : Supporters of the Yucca Mountain repository
Selected bibliography
Index.
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Alternatives for the management of radioactive waste
Surface storage and deep geological disposal
Reprocessing of spent fuel
Transmutation of radioactive waste
3. Overview of legislative and executive actions concerning high-level radioactive waste
Early efforts regarding waste disposal
The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982
The Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987
The Energy Policy Act of 1992 and Yucca Mountain radiation standards
The years between 1992 and presidential approval in 2002
The clock starts ticking : 2002 approval of Yucca Mountain
Setbacks on the way to a licensing application
4. The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 : adoption of a policy for the disposal of spent fuel from commercial reactors
Factors leading up to the adoption of a disposal policy for high-level nuclear waste
The politics of the 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act
Analysis of the 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act
Political aftermath of the 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act
Narrowing the list of candidate sites for the first repository.
5. The Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987
Postponement of the second repository
Candidate states for the first repository object
Monitored retrievable storage
Offering incentives for a repository
Udall proposes a moratorium
The Nuclear Water Technical Review Board
Selection of Yucca Mountain for the first repository
Political aftermath of the 1987 Act
6. Attempts to store waste on Indian reservations
7. Yucca Mountain as a repository
Description
Local government environment : Nye County
Political environment : Nevada and Yucca Mountain
8. The Energy Act of 1992 and Yucca Mountain radiation standards
Introduction of nuclear waste provisions into the Energy Act of 1992
The National Academy of Sciences Report
Public health and environmental radiation protection standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada
9. The 2002 approval of the Yucca Mountain Repository
House action
10. Senate action
Political aftermath of the 2002 Act.
10. Court appeals
The Nevada suit against the Department of Energy, Secretary Abraham, and President Bush
Nevada challenges the constitutionality of the Joint Resolution
Nevada and the Natural Resources Defense Council v. the Environmental Protection Agency
Nevada v. the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The courts hear oral argument
The court decides
11. Transportation of spent fuel to Yucca Mountain
12. High-level nuclear waste disposal in other countries
Canada
France
Germany
United Kingdom
Sweden
Finland
Japan
Russia
India
China
International repository proposals
Overview
Appendix A : Organizations concerned with nuclear waste issues
Appendix B : Principles guiding radioactive waste management
Appendix C : A visit to Yucca Mountain
Appendix E : U.S. Department of Energy guidelines for repository site recommendations
Appendix F : Organizations opposed to the Yucca Mountain repository
Appendix G : Supporters of the Yucca Mountain repository
Selected bibliography
Index.