Environmental risk and the iron triangle: the case of Yucca Mountain.
Part of a special section on the environment. In spite of important scientific uncertainties and strong public opposition, an “iron triangle” appears to be promoting the location of the world's first permanent geological repository for high-level nuclear waste and spent fuel at Yucca Mountain, Neva...
| Published in: | Business Ethics Quarterly Vol. 5; pp. 753 - 778 |
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Philosophy Documentation Center
October 1995
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