Technology & Engineering Waste Management
Nuclear Waste Management in Canada
Critical Issues, Critical Perspectives
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Jul 2010
- Category
- Waste Management, Nuclear, Environmental Policy
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774859035
- Publish Date
- Jul 2010
- List Price
- $32.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774817097
- Publish Date
- Jul 2010
- List Price
- $34.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774817080
- Publish Date
- Oct 2009
- List Price
- $95.00
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Description
As oil reserves decline and the environment takes centre stage in public policy discussions, the merits and dangers of nuclear power and nuclear waste management are once again being debated. Nuclear Waste Management in Canada provides a critical counterpoint to the position of government and industry by examining not only the technical but also the social and ethical aspects of the issue. What do frequently used terms such as safety, risk, and acceptability really mean? And how and why did the public consultation process in Canada fail to address ethical and social issues? This timely collection defuses the uncertainty, ambiguity, and ignorance that surrounds discussions of nuclear energy.
About the authors
Genevieve Fuji Johnson is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Simon Fraser University.
