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Nuclear Waste

A Technological and Political Challenge

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  • © 2004

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Authors:
  1. Piero Risoluti

    1. Manziana (Rome), Italy

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  • Explains the origin of the negative perception of nuclear energy by the large public and presents the most significant technical achievements on nuclear waste disposal
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Environmental Science and Engineering (ESE)

Part of the book sub series: Environmental Science (ENVSCIENCE)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. The problem

    • Piero Risoluti
    Pages 1-9

  3. A special energy and its enemies

    • Piero Risoluti
    Pages 10-28

  4. Before and after Chernobyl

    • Piero Risoluti
    Pages 29-75

  5. Technical issues

    • Piero Risoluti
    Pages 76-97

  6. Nuclear Waste and Democracy

    • Piero Risoluti
    Pages 98-129

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 130-133
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Foreword Over the past decades, Piero Risoluti has built up an intimate knowl­ edge of the nuclear industry - in particular of nuclear waste man­ agement. In this book, his scientific understanding is apparent - for example in his comprehensive but readily understandable descrip­ tions of waste conditioning and disposal. Moreover, he has also been directly involved in the wider societal and political debates in the nuclear area - especially in his Italian homeland. What shines through in these pages is.his frustration at the lack of progress in im­ plementing disposal concepts that are judged by many to be very safe and his unfaltering drive to improve this situation. To provoke debate, the book is very deliberately written in a po­ larising, black and white style that can easily be labelled as "politi­ cally incorrect" - a characterisation that Piero will probably agree with and be amused by. Criticism is directed equally at "loud­ mouthed and incompetent anti-nuclear environmentalists", the "nu­ clear Byzantium" of the international nuclear establishment, the "in­ tellectual narcissism" of those nuclear experts that dare to admit the importance of societal issues, and the tendency of politicians to "in­ definite procrastination". These are not words chosen to avoid open confrontation of opposing views.

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  • Manziana (Rome), Italy

    Piero Risoluti

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