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1	Waste is a Terrible Thing to Mind: Risk, Radiation, and Distrust of Government more books like this by John Weingart add to wishlist It is an unenviable task, but one that all state governments face: finding a final "resting place" for low-level nuclear waste from power plants, hospitals, university laboratories, and many industries. John Weingart was the official in New Jersey who for many years led this onerous charge. His book is the story of how he and a commission ... see all copies from $2.32! new only from $27.20! \| SVS
2	Nuclear Waste Stalemate: Political and Scientific Controversies more books like this by Robert Vandenbosch, Susanne E Vandenbosch add to wishlist see all copies from $11.20! new only from $11.20! \| SVS
3	Warm Sands: Uranium Mill Tailings Policy in the Atomic West more books like this by Eric W Mogren add to wishlist From 1978 to 1998, Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project contractors removed and secured nearly forty million cubic yards of low-level radioactive uranium reduction mill tailings waste from abandoned mill sites in eleven states and four Indian reservations -- enough material to bury 2300 football fields in ten feet of radioactive ... see all copies from $9.61! new only from $10.55! \| first editions
4	Nuclear Disaster in the Urals more books like this by Zhores A Medvedev add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.07! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Radioactive Waste Disposal at Sea: Public Ideas, Transnational Policy Entrepreneurs, and Environmental Regimes more books like this by Lasse Ringius add to wishlist Most studies of environmental regimes focus on the use of power, the pursuit of rational self-interest and the influence of scientific knowledge. Lasse Ringius focuses instead on the influence of public ideas and policy entrepreneurs. He shows how transnational coalitions of policy entrepreneurs can build environmental regimes and how global ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.25! \| first editions
6	The Nuclear Waste Primer: A Citizen's Guide, Revised Ed. more books like this by League of Women Voters add to wishlist Safe disposal of nuclear waste is one of the key ecological problems of our time. This all-new, fully revised edition examines the nuclear-waste issue in clear, layman's terms, making it an essential handbook for every citizen concerned about environmental issues. A special chapter addresses concrete steps citizens can take to be sure their voices ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| SVS
7	Decommissioned Russian Nuclear Submarines and International Cooperation more books like this by Charles Krupnick, William J Perry (Foreword by), Howard M Berlin add to wishlist With the end of the Cold War, Russia's submarines were no longer needed to deter or fight Western navies and were very expensive to operate and maintain. Older submarines were taken out of service in large numbers, but without firm plans and infrastructure in place to remove and adequately care for their nuclear components, problems soon developed ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $4.50! \| first editions
8	Nuclear Nebraska: The Remarkable Story of the Little County That Couldn't Be Bought more books like this by Susan Cragin, U S Senator (Foreword by) add to wishlist In 1989, the federal government, five state governments and two multinational corporations approached Boyd County, Nebraska with what looked like a wonderful deal: In exchange for permission to build a low-level nuclear waste dump on an abandoned farm, they would pay the county $3 million per year for the next 40 years. For that much money, they ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
9	Understanding Radioactive Waste more books like this by Raymond Leroy Murray add to wishlist In this latest edition of Understanding Radioactive Waste, Dr. Raymond Murray - explains clearly the origin and nature of nuclear by-products - provides facts and figures about nuclear waste and the actions being planned on a national basis - provides perspective on the safety of waste isolation systems - distinguishes knowledge from opinion ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Safety Related Issues of Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage more books like this by J D B Lambert (Editor), K K Kadyrzhanov (Editor) add to wishlist At a NATO-sponsored workshop in Almaty in September 2005, specialists from the IAEA, Brazil, France, Kazakhstan, Poland, Russia, USA and Uzbekistan discussed safety-related issues of storing spent nuclear fuel. Fifteen papers dealt with aluminium-clad fuel discharged from research reactors worldwide, five papers were concerned with stainless steel ... see all copies from $52.83! new only from $62.52! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Scientific and Technical Issues in the Management of Spent Fuel of Decommissioned Nuclear Submarines more books like this by Ashot Sarkisov (Editor), Alain Tournyol Du Clos (Editor) add to wishlist The Book represents a collection of papers prepared for and presented by specialists of seven concerned countries in the fourth Advanced Research Workshop (ARW), Moscow, September 22-24, 2004, sponsored and organized within the framework of the NATO-Russia partnership. Similar to the three previous publications, which collected the materials of ... see all copies from $11.14! new only from $11.14! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Uncertainty Underground: Yucca Mountain and the Nation's High-Level Nuclear Waste more books like this by Allison M MacFarlane (Editor), Rodney C Ewing (Editor) add to wishlist This title includes experts from science, industry, and government that discuss the unresolved scientific and technical issues surrounding the Yucca Mountain site as a geologic repository for high-level nuclear waste. Despite approval by Congress and the Bush administration and over seven billion dollars already spent, the Yucca Mountain, Nevada, ... see all copies from $13.99! new only from $16.95! \| SVS
13 view cover	Temptations of St. Ed and Brother S more books like this by Frank Bergon add to wishlist The Temptations of St. Ed and Brother S is a richly original novel about people caught in a contemporary conflict between nuclear and spiritual energy. It is the mid-1990s. The U.S. government plans to install the nation's first high-level nuclear waste dump in a remote mountain in the southern Nevada desert. Two modern-day monks suddenly find ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Desert Burial more books like this by Brian Littlefair add to wishlist A scientist named Ty Campbell, whose wife has been murdered by lawless locals, lives in a shack in Mali, where he studies the water supply. A young woman who works to do good at a nearby refugee camp enlists Ty's help in getting international aid, but as he becomes more deeply involved in the complicated project, things backfire, and his mettle is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.04! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Forevermore, Nuclear Waste in America: Nuclear Waste in America more books like this by Donald L Barlett, James B Steele add to wishlist 'Forevermore is a gripping, detailed story of the radioactive poisoning of America through the stubbornness, crimes and coverups of the corporations who have so mismanaged the atomic energy cycle from mine to dump, and the governmental officials who looked the other way.' see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.78! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Scientific and Regulatory Basis for the Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste more books like this by David Savage add to wishlist The disposal of radioactive waste is a central issue in the future of nuclear power and poses considerable technical, political and social issues. This book addresses these topics in an integrated fashion using performance assessment of the disposal concept as a unifying theme. Subjects addressed include: regulatory criteria; waste types, sources ... see all copies from $40.28! new only from $220.00! \| SVS
17 view cover	Poison in the Well: Radioactive Waste in the Oceans at the Dawn of the Nuclear Age more books like this by Jacob Darwin Hamblin add to wishlist In the early 1990s, Russian President Boris Yeltsin revealed that for the previous thirty years the Soviet Union had dumped vast amounts of dangerous radioactive waste into rivers and seas in blatant violation of international agreements. The disclosure caused outrage throughout the Western world, particularly since officials from the Soviet Union ... see all copies from $14.00! new only from $14.00! \| SVS
18	Too Hot to Handle?: Social and Policy Issues in the Management of Radioactive Wastes more books like this by Charles A Walker add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.00!
19	Geology of High Level Nuclear Waste Disposal more books like this by I S Roxburgh add to wishlist see all copies from $23.99! new only from $118.85! \| SVS
20 view cover	Deep Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste more books like this by W R Alexander (Editor), L E McKinley (Editor) add to wishlist This book presents a critical review of designing, siting, constructing and demonstrating the safety and environmental impact of deep repositories for radioactive wastes. It is structured to provide a broad perspective of this multi-faceted, multi-disciplinary topic: providing enough detail for a non-specialist to understand the fundamental ... see all copies from $138.00! new only from $138.00!
21 view cover	Burying Uncertainty: Risk and the Case Against Geological Disposal of Nuclear Waste more books like this by Kristin Shrader-Frechette add to wishlist Shrader-Frechette looks at current U.S. government policy regarding the nation's high-level radioactive waste both scientifically and ethically. What should be done with our nation's high-level radioactive waste, which will remain hazardous for thousands of years? This is one of the most pressing problems faced by the nuclear power industry, and ... see all copies from $2.05! new only from $28.63! \| first editions \| SVS
22	Forevermore, nuclear waste in America more books like this by Donald L Barlett, James B Steele (Photographer) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
23 view cover	Nuclear Waste Management: Accomplishments of the Environmental Management Science Program more books like this by Paul W Wang, Tiffany Zachry add to wishlist The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is charged with cleaning up contaminated sites and disposing of radioactive waste remaining as an environmental legacy of former nuclear weapons development and production. Within the DOE, the Environmental Management Science Program (EMSP) has sought to advance scientific knowledge and technological solutions ... see all copies from $84.36! new only from $181.03!
24 view cover	Nuclear Imperatives and Public Trust: Dealing with Radioactive Waste more books like this by Professor Luther J Carter, Professor George Francis Carter add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.68! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Behind the Nuclear Curtain more books like this by Don J Bradley, David R Payson (Editor) add to wishlist Behind the Nuclear Curtain paints a striking picture of the USSR and now former Soviet Union (FSU) nuclear waste management activities, tracing the evolution of what is likely the world's largest nuclear waste management problem. It draws on information from hundreds of sources as well as the author's first-hand knowledge of nuclear waste-related ... see all copies from $2.82! new only from $2.82!

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