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Too hot to touch: the problem of high-level nuclear waste/
"Today, the issue of waste management is as prominent as reactor safety in the controversies surrounding nuclear power and is particularly topical in the US since the 2010 closure of the Yucca Mountain repository project. William and Rosemarie Alley provide an engaging and authoritative account...
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Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Online Access: | https://books.google.co.in/books?id=tKuREPRw8rMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Too+hot+to+touch+by+William+Alley&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_v8CmsMbTAhXKu48KHSGbDdIQ6AEIJTAA#v=onepage&q=Too%20hot%20to%20touch%20by%20William%20Alley&f=false |
Table of Contents:
- 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.