US NUCLEAR WASTE PROJECTS
February 1st, 2003
BY PHILIP FINE
NUCLEAR waste disposal programmes should be implemented in stages, so that decisions about how to proceed can be based on the latest available information, says a new report from the Board on Radioactive Waste Management of the US National Research Council, which provides advice to the US federal government. The result, it says, would have safety, environmental, and cost concerns being taken into account in a timely manner, and see managers better responding to public input, rather than working against 'pre-arranged, rigid milestones'. The US ...
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