radioactive waste disposal

Bill Nye presents a scientific--and sometimes humorous--perspective on nuclear energy; exploring the risks and advantages of using nuclear power and visiting a nuclear waste site. Includes printable teacher's guide and Web links.

Contains essays which present various positions concerning the handling of toxic and nuclear waste.

Explores the issues surrounding recycling. Presents diversity of opinion on the topic including both conservative and liberal points of view in an even balance.

Describes sources of radioactive wastes, methods by which they can be managed, and the sociopolitical ramifications with which policy makers must deal.

Provides an analysis of the technical and institutional context of the Ringhals 3 application in which the Swedish nuclear industry requested permission to load and operate a new reactor and presented its plan, developed by the Nuclear Fuel Safety project, for the safe, long-term management of radioactive wastes.

A nationwide investigation into what is being done to safeguard and isolate permanently from the environment spent nuclear fuels and contaminated materials that will be lethally radioactive for as long as 240,000 years.

Contains essays which present various positions concerning the handling of toxic and nuclear waste.

Discusses nuclear power and how the positive benefits of nuclear energy are balanced against the problem of disposing of radioactive wastes.

Describes how nuclear waste is created and stored and how we safely dispose of this potentially dangerous material.