Waste Is a Terrible Thing to Mind: Risk, Radiation, and Distrust of Government

by John Weingart

It is an unenviable task, but one that all state governments face: finding a final "resting place" for low-level nuclear waste from power plants, hospitals, university laboratories, and other industries. John Weingart was the official in New Jersey who for many years led this onerous charge. This book is the story of how he and a commission appointed by the governor, instead of imposing a top-down solution, designed an approach that would confront...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813542375
• ISBN13: 9780813542379
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Rivergate Books
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher