High-Level Nuclear Waste Disposal: Policy and Prognosis

Abstract

Solving the United States' high level nuclear waste disposal dilemma is vital to our energy Independence and economic growth. The issue has been stalled for decades and presently faces enormous political obstacles despite renewed government effort to achieve a solution. Some technical questions persist. however the issue is mainly one of politics. The current course of action, in which the federal government is forcing a state to accept siting of the permanent waste repository. is flawed and politically deadlocked. A better plan would be one in which the region accepting the repository benefits and thus seeks to host, vice impede, its construction.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA262251

Entities

People

  • Edwin H. Bouton Jr.

Organizations

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Law
  • National Security
  • Natural Resources
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Nuclear Fuels
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Nuclear Reactors
  • Security
  • Task Forces
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges
  • Waste Disposal Facilities
  • Waste Management

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Environmental Remediation and Restoration.
  • Strategic Security Studies