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Nuclear reactions :

by McCutcheon, Chuck
Edition statement:1st ed. Published by : University of New Mexico Press, (Albuquerque ) Physical details: xi, 231 p. ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN:9780826322098 (cloth); 0826322107 (pbk.); 9780826322104 (pbk.).
Subject(s): Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (N.M.) | Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (Nouveau-Mexique) | Radioactive waste disposal in the ground -- New Mexico -- Carlsbad Region. | Radioactive waste disposal -- Political aspects -- New Mexico -- Carlsbad Region. | Carlsbad, New Mexico
Year: 2002
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"A way ... to make a buck" 1971-76: Carlsbad and WIPP -- "This is not a predictable situation" 1975-78: opposition emerges in New Mexico -- "An equal partner" 1978-81: Congress, New Mexico seek control -- "I'm not in the garbage business anymore" 1981-88: Idaho, "plutonium poker," and opening WIPP -- "I love WIPP!" 1989: an admiral at the helm -- "No discernible scientific basis" 1990-92: underground testing, Congress, and scientific doubt -- "A major break" 1993-96: canceling testing, preparing for disposal -- "This is indeed historic" 1997-2001: after fighting his own state, Richardson opens WIPP.

Marks the first effort to trace WIPP's (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant) evolution

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