Length:
28:30 minute
Audience:
high school, college, adult
Subjects:
nuclear waste disposal, nuclear waste transportation,
nuclear waste storage, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
Discussion Guide:
1. What is the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)?
2. Where will the waste being sent to WIPP come from?
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of storing nuclear waste a half mile underground?
4. What are the main concerns the opponents of WIPP have about the facility?
5. What is the likelihood that WIPP will be drilled into sometime in the future?
6. Why does the
Department of Energy believe that underground disposal is the safest way
to handle our nuclear waste?
7. What would be other options to dispose
of nuclear waste?
Television Programs:
# 1023 Nuclear Power, Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear power has always been a controversial source of energy. Seldom considered, however, is the potential for nuclear power plants to become terrorist and military targets.
#826 Managing America's Nuclear Arsenal
What does the future hold for America's nuclear weapons complex? What will become of our nation's nuclear weapons laboratories?
#739 The Nuclear Threat at Home
The Department of Energy spends over $10 billion annually building, testing, and cleaning up our nuclear arsenal. This bomb making legacy constitutes a serious threat to the nation.
Defense Monitors:
Vol., Issue, Year, Month, Title
XXV, 6: 96 (October) Nuclear Leakage: A Threat Without
a Military Solution
XXIV, 8: 95 (September/October) The Nuclear Nineties
XXIII, 2: 94 Nuclear Threat at Home: The Cold War's
Lethal Leftovers
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