Calculated Risks: Highly Radioactive Waste and Homeland Security - Hardcover

Rogers, Kenneth A.; Kingsley, Marvin G.

 
9780754671336: Calculated Risks: Highly Radioactive Waste and Homeland Security
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 075467133X ISBN 13: 9780754671336
Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

This well-documented study examines one of the increasingly pressing problems for US homeland security: the storage and management of radioactive waste. Despite pressing homeland security and energy security concerns associated with highly radioactive waste, political considerations have prevented policy makers from adopting adequate long-term solutions to the problem. This book explores nuclear waste problems through the broader lens of federal, state and local government and the resultant constraints on policy that emerge within the American political system. Presenting specific case studies to highlight the deficiencies in current policy and planning as well as the possibility of terrorist activity, it is highly suited to courses on security studies and environmental politics.

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About the Author

Kenneth A. Rogers, Ph.D. is Professor of Politics and Chair of the Department of Politics and Geography, Coastal Carolina University, USA. Marvin G. Kingsley is a Graduate Student at Arkansas Tech University (ATU), USA.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
075467133X
ISBN 13 
9780754671336
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
218