Calculated Risks

Highly Radioactive Waste and Homeland Security

Kenneth A. Rogers, Marvin G. Kingsley (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

218 Seiten

2007
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7546-7133-6 (ISBN)

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This well-documented study examines one of the increasingly pressing problems for US homeland security: the storage and management of radioactive waste. It explores nuclear waste problems through the broader lens of federal, state and local government and the resultant constraints on policy that emerge within the American political system.

This well-documented study examines one of the increasingly pressing problems for US homeland security: the storage and management of radioactive waste. Despite pressing homeland security and energy security concerns associated with highly radioactive waste, political considerations have prevented policy makers from adopting adequate long-term solutions to the problem. This book explores nuclear waste problems through the broader lens of federal, state and local government and the resultant constraints on policy that emerge within the American political system. Presenting specific case studies to highlight the deficiencies in current policy and planning as well as the possibility of terrorist activity, it is highly suited to courses on security studies and environmental politics.

Kenneth A. Rogers, Ph.D. is Professor of Politics and Chair of the Department of Politics and Geography, Coastal Carolina University, USA. Marvin G. Kingsley is a Graduate Student at Arkansas Tech University (ATU), USA.

Preface; Understanding the problem; On-site storage; Centralized interim storage; Permanent disposal; Transportation; The conceptual framework; What to do?; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.10.2007
Reihe/Serie	Homeland Security
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
Themenwelt	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	0-7546-7133-X / 075467133X
ISBN-13	978-0-7546-7133-6 / 9780754671336
Zustand	Neuware