{"product_id":"9783540404477","title":"Environmental Science and Engineering: A Technological and Political Challenge","description":"\u003ch1\u003eEnvironmental Science and Engineering: A Technological and Political Challenge\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eRisoluti, Piero\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword Over the past decades, Piero Risoluti has built up an intimate knowl­ edge of the nuclear industry - in particular of nuclear waste man­ agement. In this book, his scientific understanding is apparent - for example in his comprehensive but readily understandable descrip­ tions of waste conditioning and disposal. Moreover, he has also been directly involved in the wider societal and political debates in the nuclear area - especially in his Italian homeland. What shines through in these pages is.his frustration at the lack of progress in im­ plementing disposal concepts that are judged by many to be very safe and his unfaltering drive to improve this situation. To provoke debate, the book is very deliberately written in a po­ larising, black and white style that can easily be labelled as \"politi­ cally incorrect\" - a characterisation that Piero will probably agree with and be amused by. Criticism is directed equally at \"loud­ mouthed and incompetent anti-nuclear environmentalists\", the \"nu­ clear Byzantium\" of the international nuclear establishment, the \"in­ tellectual narcissism\" of those nuclear experts that dare to admit the importance of societal issues, and the tendency of politicians to \"in­ definite procrastination\". These are not words chosen to avoid open confrontation of opposing views.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2003-11-12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783540404477\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-662-09012-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 133\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Berlin Heidelberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46312195031180,"sku":"9783540404477","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783540404477.jpg?v=1771521397","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783540404477","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}