Calculated Risks

Highly Radioactive Waste and Homeland Security

Kenneth A. Rogers, Marvin G. Kingsley, Professor Tom Lansford , Professor Tom Payne

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Routledge
28 October 2007

Peace studies & conflict resolution; International relations; Hazardous waste treatment & disposal

Series: Homeland Security

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.

By: Kenneth A. Rogers, Marvin G. Kingsley
Series edited by: Professor Tom Lansford, Professor Tom Payne
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780754671336
ISBN 10: 075467133X
Series: Homeland Security
Pages: 218
Publication Date: 28 October 2007
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface; Understanding the problem; On-site storage; Centralized interim storage; Permanent disposal; Transportation; The conceptual framework; What to do?; Bibliography; Index.

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.

Reviews for Calculated Risks: Highly Radioactive Waste and Homeland Security

'This book contains extraordinarily useful glossaries and illustrations, but most importantly, the book is a most readable treatise on one of the least understood risks now and in the future, that of highly radioactive waste...a profoundly effective textbook, because it deals with a complex topic in an interesting, understandable style, heavy with substance, provocative in impact, and effective in teaching.' Kay C. Goss, CEM, Electronic Data Systems Corporation, Senior Advisor for Public Safety and Homeland Security, USA '...well-documented...valuable for political science practitioners and students. The work includes a useful glossary and a very complete bibliography. Highly recommended.' Choice '...a valuable source of information for a reader interested in legal, regulatory and political issues involved with management of radioactive waste...' Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management