Societal risk communication and nuclear waste disposal

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 20-41

  Vaganov, Petr A ^a   Yim, Man Sung ^b  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

government; industry; media; nuclear waste disposal; risk assessment; Risk perception and communication; science; the public

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013357143     PISSN: 14668297     EISSN: 17415241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijram.2000.001496     Document Type: Article

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