Nuclear Waste Governance An International Comparison /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Brunnengräber, Achim (Editor), Di Nucci, Maria Rosaria (Editor), Isidoro Losada, Ana Maria (Editor), Mez, Lutz (Editor), Schreurs, Miranda A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer VS, 2015.
• Series: Energiepolitik und Klimaschutz. Energy Policy and Climate Protection
• Subjects: Energy.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Nuclear energy.; Comparative politics.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Comparative Politics.; Nuclear Energy.

This volume examines the national plans that ten Euratom countries plus Switzerland and the United States are developing to address high-level radioactive waste storage and disposal. The chapters, which were written by 23 international experts, outline European and national regulations, technology c...

Table of Contents:

• The International Dimension
• Countries with Geological Disposal after Reprocessing Nuclear Fuel
• Countries with Direct Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel
• Countries with Long-Term Surface Storage for High Level Radioactive Waste.