Three Decades of Social Science Research on High-Level Nuclear Waste: Achievements and Future Challenges

Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 13-47

  Solomon, Barry D ^a   Andrén, Mats ^b   Strandberg, Urban ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

high level nuclear waste; public trust; repository siting; risk perception; stalemate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879090216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19444079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1944-4079.1036     Document Type: Article

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