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Long-Term Stewardship and the Nuclear Weapons Complex: The Challenge Ahead (Resources for the Future) - Couverture souple

Probst, Katherine N.

 
9780915707973: Long-Term Stewardship and the Nuclear Weapons Complex: The Challenge Ahead (Resources for the Future)
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0915707977 ISBN 13 : 9780915707973
Editeur : Routledge, 1998

Synopsis

Decades of U.S. nuclear weapons production have exacted a heavy environmental toll. The Department of Energy estimates that cleaning up waste and contamination resulting from production activities will cost over $150 billion. Yet even once that money is spent, these sites will need long-term attention to assure protection of human health and the environment. In the authors' words, stewardship refers to 'institutions, information, and strategies needed to ensure protection of people and the environment, both in the short and the long term.' Probst and McGovern make a compelling case for establishing a formal program of long-term stewardship for contaminated sites. Their report details the requirements of a successful stewardship program and discusses the daunting technical and political challenges facing such efforts, including the designation of an institutional home for key stewardship functions. The legacy of environmental damage is considerable; hazardous waste disposal, radioactive waste, and contaminated facilities are among the problems that will remain after DOE cleanup efforts are complete. Stewardship planning, according to Probst and McGovern, must start now.

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À propos de l'auteur

Katherine N. Probst is a senior fellow in the Risk, Resource, and Environmental Management Division at RFF and co-author of Footing the Bill for Superfund Cleanups.

Michael H. McGovern is a former CRM researcher and is currently a senior analyst at the Center for Verification Research, working on nuclear and other arms control issues.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0915707977
ISBN 13 
9780915707973
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
80
Coordonnées du fabricant
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