Table of Contents

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

About the Author

K. S. Shrader-Frechette is Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Florida and is the author of twelve books including Risk and Rationality (California, 1990).