Choosing a New Organization for Management and Disposition of Commercial and Defense High-Level Radioactive Materials

• Main Author: Davis, Lynn E. (auth)
• Other Authors: Knopman, Debra (auth), Greenberg, Michael D. (auth), Miller, Laurel E. (auth), Doll, Abby (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2012
• Subjects: Energy industries & utilities; History of the Americas; Environmental policy & protocols; Business; History; Political Science
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Finding ways to safely store and ultimately dispose of nuclear waste remains a matter of considerable debate. This volume describes the steps needed to design a new, single-purpose organization to manage and dispose of commercial and defense high-level radioactive materials and examines three models...