The Environmental Challenges of Nuclear Disarmament

Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Press, 2000. Trade paperback. Very good.. xi, [1] 354, [2] p. Illustrations. References. Index. This is one of the NATO Science Series, 1. Disarmament Technologies, Vol. 29. This volume presents the Proceeding of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on the Environmental Challenges of Nuclear Disarmament Cracow, Poland, 9-13 November 1998. This book draws together recognized experts from numerous institutions in Western Europe, Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and North America. Nuclear facility decontamination and decommissioning, waste treatment, management and disposal, long-term monitoring and surveillance, and prevention of proliferation are the primary topics discussed, including critical assessments of the existing knowledge and identification of the needs for future collaboration. Proposals are presented for a variety of national and international agencies, and preliminary business plans developed for collaboration with private companies. A network of international projects needs to be financed since it is such projects that will ultimately ease tensions, help solve nuclear waste contamination and security problems, and help pave the road toward nuclear weapons disarmament.