The Road to Yucca Mountain: The Development of Radioactive Waste Policy in the U

Description: The Road to Yucca Mountain by J. Samuel Walker Traces the US governments tangled efforts to solve the technical and political problems associated with radioactive waste. From the Manhattan Project through the designation in 1987 of Yucca Mountain in Nevada as a high-level waste repository, this work investigates the approaches adopted by the US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In The Road to Yucca Mountain, J. Samuel Walker traces the U.S. governments tangled efforts to solve the technical and political problems associated with radioactive waste. From the Manhattan Project through the designation in 1987 of Yucca Mountain in Nevada as a high-level waste repository, Walker thoroughly investigates the approaches adopted by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). He explains the growing criticism of the AECs waste programs, such as the AECs embarrassing failure in its first serious effort to build a high-level waste repository in a Kansas salt mine. Clearly and accessibly, Walker explains the issues surrounding deep geological disposal and surface storage of high-level waste and spent reactor fuel. He analyzes the equally complex and divisive question of fuel "reprocessing." He weaves reliable research with fresh insights about nuclear science, geology, politics, and public administration, making this original and authoritative account an essential guide for understanding the continuing controversy over an illusive and emotional topic. Flap "Walkers thoughtful and detailed history of the technology and politics of the nuclear waste problem lucidly illustrates why, more than sixty years after the Dawn of the Atomic Age, we have yet to get any of the stuff into the ground safely and effectively, where it belongs. This book should be required reading for everyone, whether politician, bureaucrat or citizen."--Ronnie D. Lipschutz, author of Radioactive Waste: Politics, Technology and Risk "Measured, informative, and well-argued, The Road to Yucca Mountain is typical Walker. One of the most knowledgeable historians on nuclear power has produced an essential work on a complex problem--What to do with radioactive waste? In setting the context on this controversial subject, Walker educates us on how we confront nuclear power as a viable option and its long-range implications."--Martin Melosi, author of Energy Metropolis "Walkers fascinating account details the United States 60-year search for radioactive waste solutions. Here scientists, policymakers, politicians, activists, and the public alternately clash and cooperate, and prospects for a solution wane and wax accordingly. In the end, after billions of dollars, years of hearings, and miles of tunnels, were back at square one."--Richard Wolfson, author of Nuclear Choices: A Citizens Guide to Nuclear Technology Author Biography J. Samuel Walker is the historian of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. He is the author of Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective and Permissible Dose: A History of Radiation Protection in the Twentieth Century as well as Containing the Atom: Nuclear Regulation in a Changing Environment, 1963-1971, all from UC Press. Table of Contents List of Illustrations Preface 1. A Solvable Problem 2. A "Huge and Ever-Increasing Problem" 3. An "Atomic Garbage Dump" for Kansas 4. New Directions in Radioactive Waste Management 5. Progressing toward Stalemate 6. Commercial Low-Level Waste: A "Once Low Priority Matter" 7. The Transportation of Nuclear Waste 8. A Legislative "Solution" Notes Essay on Sources Index Review "A valuable account of the history/ongoing issues related to this significant problem... Recommended." Choice "An excellent resource." Enterprise & Society "Engaging, concise, and disturbing." Metascience "Walkers history of U.S. nuclear waste management provides a clear reminder of the potential pitfalls of disposal of this material...to ignore these is to invite failure yet again." Journal Of American History "No author could more expertly exhume the bones of this institutional history than Walker." Metascience "Walker has demonstrated that there is an important place for public history in the scholarly arena... Well-researched, objective, and informative." Technology And Culture Review Quote "Walkers history of U.S. nuclear waste management provides a clear reminder of the potential pitfalls of disposal of this material...to ignore these is to invite failure yet again."-- Jrnl of American History Details ISBN0520260457 Author J. Samuel Walker Short Title ROAD TO YUCCA MOUNTAIN Publisher University of California Press Language English ISBN-10 0520260457 ISBN-13 9780520260450 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2009 Imprint University of California Press Subtitle The Development of Radioactive Waste Policy in the United States Country of Publication United States Pages 240 Place of Publication Berkerley Residence US Illustrations 11 b-w photographs UK Release Date 2009-09-02 AU Release Date 2009-09-02 NZ Release Date 2009-09-02 US Release Date 2009-09-02 Publication Date 2009-09-02 DEWEY 363.7289560973 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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