Multiple challenges: Nuclear waste governance in the United Kingdom

Nuclear Waste Governance: An International Comparison

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 101-116

  Mackerron, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DEEP GEOLOGICAL DISPOSAL; LEGACY WASTE; LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT; NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT; NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY; SELLAFIELD; UNITED KINGDOM;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84945357755     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-08962-7_4     Document Type: Chapter

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