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Nuclear reactions : the politics of opening a radioactive waste disposal site / Chuck McCutcheon.
Van Pelt Library TD898.12.N6 M38 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCutcheon, Chuck, 1963-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (N.M.).
- Radioactive waste disposal in the ground--New Mexico--Carlsbad Region.
- Radioactive waste disposal in the ground.
- Radioactive waste disposal--Political aspects--New Mexico--Carlsbad Region.
- Radioactive waste disposal.
- Radioactive waste disposal--Political aspects.
- New Mexico--Carlsbad Region.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 231 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- A history of New Mexico's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, the world's first underground burial site for nuclear waste. Studies the lessons learned for future controversial environmental projects.
- Contents:
- "A way ... to make a buck" 1971-76: Carlsbad and WIPP
- "This is not a predictable situation" 1975-78: opposition emerges in New Mexico
- "An equal partner" 1978-81: Congress, New Mexico seek control
- "I'm not in the garbage business anymore" 1981-88: Idaho, "plutonium poker," and opening WIPP
- "I love WIPP!" 1989: an admiral at the helm
- "No discernible scientific basis" 1990-92: underground testing, Congress, and scientific doubt
- "A major break" 1993-96: canceling testing, preparing for disposal
- "This is indeed historic" 1997-2001: after fighting his own state, Richardson opens WIPP.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0826322093
- OCLC:
- 49773670
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