Too hot to touch [electronic resource] : the problem of high-level nuclear waste / William M. Alley and Rosemarie Alley.
Alley, William M.; Alley, Rosemarie.
2013
TD898.118 .A45 2013eb
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Title Too hot to touch [electronic resource] : the problem of high-level nuclear waste / William M. Alley and Rosemarie Alley.
Author Alley, William M.
ISBN 9781139845281 (electronic bk.)
9781107030114
Imprint Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xiv, 370 p.) : ill., maps.
Call Number TD898.118 .A45 2013eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 363.72/890973
Summary "When the nuclear energy industry was launched in the 1950s, Robert Oppenheimer dismissed the waste problem as "unimportant." Over a half-century later, the waste issue is as prominent as reactor safety in the international controversies surrounding nuclear power. It is particularly topical in the US since the 2010 closure of the Yucca Mountain repository project. With no long-term plan in sight, high-level radioactive waste remains scattered across 121 sites in 39 States. William and Rosemarie Alley provide an engaging and authoritative account of the controversies and possibilities surrounding disposal of nuclear waste in the US, with reference also to the difficulties and progress of other countries around the world. The book tells the full history from the early days after World War II up to the present time, with an insightful perspective drawn from William Alley's expertise in the field, including leading the USGS survey of Yucca Mountain. Stories of key players bring to life the pioneering science, the political wrangling and media drama, and the not-in-my-backyard communities fighting to put the waste somewhere else. "-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Machine generated contents note: Preface
Acknowledgements
List of units
List of abbreviations
Part I. The Problem: 1. The awakening
2. Brainstorming
3. The ocean as a dumping ground
4. Radioactivity and atomic energy
5. The Cold War legacy
6. The peaceful atom and its wastes
7. Recycling
8. Dry cask storage
9. Interim storage
10. A can of worms
11. WIPP
Part II. The Mountain: 12. The search for a geologic repository
13. Nevada wins the lottery
14. The Nevada test site
15. Yucca mountain
16. How long is long?
17. Leaving almost no stone unturned
18. Surprise
19. Shake and bake
20. The project gets into hot water
Part III. No Solution in Sight: 21. A new president, new policies
22. Nuclear waste and our energy future
Appendix: discussion questions
References
Index.

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