Overview

This title, first published in 1987, examines the topic of nuclear waste management, and the way in which the public reacts to this issue.

Part 1

Explores the sources of public unease, such as the way in which nuclear waste had failed to be properly contained in the past.

Part 2

Looks at the search for a waste policy and the introduction of The Nuclear Waste Policy Act.

Part 3

Examines the waste problem from the standpoint of it being an international issue.

Part 4

Looks to the future and the lessons that we can learn from past nuclear waste management failures.

This book will be of interest to students of environmental management.