“When John D’Agata helps his mother move to Las Vegas one summer, he begins to follow a story about the federal government’s plan to store nuclear waste in a place called Yucca Mountain... Here is the work of a penetrating thinker whose startling portrait of a mountain in the desert compels a reexamination of the future of human life.”
FAQs on license renewal, addressing the environmental review process, health concerns, waste disposal, security, public involvement, and more.
Author(s): US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (published annually)
A compilation of facts and information about the NRC and the nuclear
industry, available in print and online. Includes information about the NRC finances and activities, US and worldwide nuclear energy, currently operating nuclear reactors, uranium mining and other nuclear materials, and radioactive waste.
An explanation of the nuclear waste issue in layman’s terms, including concrete advice on taking action and being heard.
Author(s): Gronlund, Lochbaum & Lyman (2007)
A report by the Union of Concerned Scientists. Addresses safety, nuclear proliferation and terrorist attacks, nuclear waste disposal, and nuclear reactor design.
“This study serves as the first comprehensive account of the impact of nuclearism on Native Americans in the U.S. Southwest-- and account that also points to a much larger problem of nuclear colonialism worldwide, in which nuclear activities continue on lands historically inhabited by indigenous people.”
William and Rosemarie Alley provide an engaging and authoritative account of the controversies and possibilities surrounding disposal of nuclear waste in the US, with reference also to other countries around the world.
Fairewinds Energy Education is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to furthering public understanding of nuclear power and nuclear safety related issues.
