The politics of nuclear waste: An analysis of a public hearing on the proposed yucca mountain nuclear waste repository

Communication Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 359-380

  Ratliff, Jeanne Nelson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 0348156982     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510979709368512     Document Type: Article

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