Can Repository Scientists and Social Scientists Work Together to Find Solutions to Nuclear Waste Management Problems? A Repository Scientist's Perspective

Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-18

  Bonano, Evaristo ^a   Swift, Peter ^a   Appel, Gordon ^b   Meacham, Paul ^c  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Nuclear Regulatory Support Services   (United States)

^c KTECH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

geologic repository science; nuclear waste management; social science; societal acceptability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900665017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19444079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1944-4079.1068     Document Type: Article

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