Burying Uncertainty
Risk and the Case Against Geological Disposal of Nuclear Waste

Offers a look at US government policy regarding the nation's high-level radioactive waste both scientifically and ethically. This title argues that this policy is profoundly misguided on both scientific and ethical grounds. It focuses on the world's first proposed high-level radioactive waste facility at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

We should postpone the question of geological disposal for at least a century and use monitored, retrievable, above-ground storage of the waste until then. Her message regarding radwaste is clear: what you can't see can hurt you.

Acknowledgments
Preface
1. The Riddle of Nuclear Waste
2. Understanding the Origins of the Problem
3. Reliance on Value Judgements in Repository Rock Assessment
4. Subjective Estimates of Repository Risks
5. Subjective Evaluations of Repository Risks
6. Problematic Inferences in Assessing Repository Risks
7. Uncertainty: An Obstacle to Geological Disposal
8. Equity: An Obstacle to Geologic Disposal
9. An Alternative to Permanent Geological Disposal