Award Date

1-1-1995

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Ethics and Policy Studies

Number of Pages

166

Abstract

Risky Business: Moral Arguments Against the Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendments of 1987, Can Consent Be Engineered? asks the moral and ethical questions of assigning risk. In a democracy a fundamental principle for imposing risk is obtaining the consent of the governed. In the case of a proposed high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Congress has ignored this basic principle. An unwilling population in a politically weak state has been forced to bear the burden from highly radioactive spent fuel from nuclear power reactors operating in the majority of states. The State of Nevada does not reap the benefits from nuclear power generation and does not operate a nuclear reactor. Should a single state bear the current and future impacts and costs from such an unwanted risk? Is there a democratic solution to nuclear waste management?

Keywords

Act; Againts; Amendments; Arguments Business; Consent; Engineered; Moral; Nuclear; Policy; Risky; Waste

Controlled Subject

Philosophy; Public health; Nuclear engineering; Public administration; Environmental sciences

File Format

pdf

File Size

3471.36 KB

Degree Grantor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

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