Risk Methodologies for Technological Legacies (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003)

The Cold War Era left the major participants, the United States and the former Soviet Union (FSU), with large legacies in terms of both contamination and potential accidents. Facility contamination and environmental degradation, as well as the accident vulnerable facilities and equipment, are a result of weapons development, testing, and production. Although the countries face similar issues from similar activities, important differences in waste management practices make the potential environmental and health risks of more immediate concern in the FSU and Eastern Europe. In the West, most nuclear and chemical waste is stored in known contained locations, while in the East, much of the equivalent material is unconfined, contaminating the environment. In the past decade, the U.S. started to address and remediate these Cold War legacies. Costs have been very high, and the projected cost estimates for total cleanup are still increasing. Currently in Russia, the resources for starting such major activities continue to be unavailable."

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	NATO Science Series: IV:, 18
Release date:	April 2003
First published:	2003
Editors:	Dennis Bley
Adapted by:	James G. Droppo
Editors:	Vitaly A. Eremenko
Dimensions:	240 x 160 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	366
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-1258-7
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Decision theory > Risk assessment Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > Management decision making > General
LSN:	1-4020-1258-6
Barcode:	9781402012587

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