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Mortgaging the Future: Dumping Ethics with Nuclear Waste
| Title | Mortgaging the Future: Dumping Ethics with Nuclear Waste |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2005 |
| Authors | Shrader-Frechette, Kristin Sharon |
| Journal | Science & Engineering Ethics |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pagination | 518-520 |
| Type of Article | Article |
| Publication Language | eng |
| ISSN Number | 13533452 |
| Accession Number | 18873593 |
| Keywords | atomic , dose , energy , ENVIRONMENTAL , ENVIRONMENTAL policy , ENVIRONMENTAL protection , NEVADA , Nuclear , PUBLIC , PUBLIC health , radiation , radioactive , RADIOACTIVE waste repositories , RADIOACTIVE waste sites , Regulation , Yucca , Yucca Mountain , YUCCA Mountain (Nev.) |
| Abstract | On August 22, 2005 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued proposed new regulations for radiation releases from the planned permanent U.S. nuclear-waste repository in Yucca Mountain, Nevada.The author discusses the goal of these new standards - to provide public-health protection for the next million years, and examines the major flaws in these standards, which threaten equal protection offered by older standards, ignore the needs of the most vulnerable, allow many fatal exposures, and sanction scientifically flawed dose calculations. |
| Notes | Shrader-Frechette, Kristin 1; Email Address: Kristin.Shrader-Frechette@nd.edu; Affiliation: 1: University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA; Source Info: Oct2005, Vol. 11 Issue 4, p518; Subject Term: ENVIRONMENTAL policy; Subject Term: ENVIRONMENTAL protection; Subject Term: RADIOACTIVE waste repositories; Subject Term: RADIOACTIVE waste sites; Subject Term: YUCCA Mountain (Nev.); Subject Term: NEVADA; Author-Supplied Keyword: atomic; Author-Supplied Keyword: dose; Author-Supplied Keyword: energy; Author-Supplied Keyword: nuclear; Author-Supplied Keyword: public health; Author-Supplied Keyword: radiation; Author-Supplied Keyword: regulation; Author-Supplied Keyword: Yucca Mountain; NAICS/Industry Codes: 924110 Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs; NAICS/Industry Codes: 562211 Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal; Number of Pages: 3p; Document Type: Article |
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