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Managing spent nuclear fuel : strategy alternatives and policy implications /

Increasing awareness of the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has renewed interest in nuclear power generation. At the same time, the longstanding logjam over how to manage spent nuclear fuel continues to hamper the expansion of nuclear power. If nuclear power is to be a sustainable option for...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Rand Environment, Energy, and Economic Development (Program), JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: LaTourrette, Tom, 1963-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2010.
Series:Rand Corporation monograph series.
Subjects:
Radioactive waste disposal > Government policy > United States.
Spent reactor fuels > Storage > Government policy > United States.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
SCIENCE > Physics > Nuclear.
Radioactive waste disposal > Government policy.
Spent reactor fuels > Storage > Government policy.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Where we are now, how we got here, and the decisions we face
  • Technical approaches to spent-nuclear fuel management
  • Review of institutional, statutory, and regulatory arrangements
  • Policy implications of alternative strategies.