by Gerald Jacob
University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991
Cloth: 978-0-8229-3640-4 | Paper: 978-0-8229-5461-3 | eISBN: 978-0-8229-7453-6
Library of Congress Classification HC107.N33E553 1990
Dewey Decimal Classification 363.72890979334

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Gerald Jacob views the history of public policy regarding nuclear waste, culminating in the 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy act and its aftermath. The 1982 act promised a solution, but Jacob believes it deferred to the interests of the nuclear utilities and the U.S. Department of Energy. He describes how the nuclear establishment used science and geography to protect its interests and dominate nuclear waste policy making. He examines the federal promotion of nuclear power, and asserts that federal policies strong-armed public opposition, and locked the country into a single, but flawed waste disposal solution.