Isbn: 9780520414983 - plutonium, power, and politics: international arrangements for the disposition of spent nuclear fuel (studies in international political economy, 3, band 3) (3 Ergebnisse)

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the early 1970s, the major industrial states were preparing to shift to nuclear fission as their principal source of electrical power. But that change has not occurred. In part, this is due to a growing public recognition that techniques and institutions for management of spent nuclear fuel, separated plutonium, and long-lived radioactive wastes are not yet fully developed. The consequent pressures for resolution have spurred a series of often ill-defined and sometimes contradictory attempts to promote international cooperation and control of hazardous activities. How are these varied suggestions to be compared and evaluated By what criteria can plans be selected that are likely to be both effective and negotiable.…