Uncertainty and regulation: The rhetoric of risk in the California low-level radioactive waste debate

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 406-427

  Bedsworth, Louise Wells ^a,b   Lowenthal, Micah D ^a,c   Kastenberg, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Low level radioactive waste; Risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042522451     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243904264904     Document Type: Conference Paper

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