Burying globally, acting locally: Control and co-option in nuclear waste management

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 515-528

  Durant, Darrin ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; AUTONOMY; NATIONAL PLANNING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 38149142461     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/030234207X251434     Document Type: Article

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