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Radioactive Waste: Politics and Technology (Routledge Natural Environment-Problems and Management Series)

By Frans Berkhout

Book information

Year
1991
ISBN
9780415054928, 0415054923, 0203411757, 9780203411759, 9780585464879
LCC
TD898.13.G7 B47 1990
Open Library ID
OL1883839M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1948941 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
272\267
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Radioactive Waste provides a detailed historical account of the policy and practice of radwaste management in Britain, Sweden and the Federal Republic of Germany. In their differing approaches, these three countries define the parameters of civil nuclear strategy in Europe. The comparative analysis of the evolution of policy clarifies the context of political and technical decision-making. Assessing the varying degrees of influence which the public, the industry and the government exercise over these actions, Frans Berkhout applies the concept of boundaries of control', questioning the extent to which such control can be relinquished. This analysis of nuclear strategy, the politics of nuclear power and the shifting emphasis of government regulation redefines the issue of radwaste management and sets it at the centre of the current debate about power, the environment and society.

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