Underlying Yucca Mountain: The Interplay of Geology and Policy in Nuclear Waste Disposal

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 783-807

  Macfarlane, Allison ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Co production; Nuclear waste policy; Regulatory science; Technology policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346374830     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312703335006     Document Type: Review

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