Allison Macfarlane
Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
Fall 2006
"Is It Possible to Solve the Nuclear Waste Problem?"
Journal Article, Innovations, issue 4, volume 1
By Allison Macfarlane, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
"With the issuance of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report in February 2007 the world faces the stark reality that it must reduce greenhouse gas emissions immediately or face dire consequences. Nuclear energy provides a reliable source of carbon dioxide–free electricity, and a global expansion of nuclear power could replace fossil-fuel fired plants significantly within twenty to fifty years. One of the main impediments to the expansion of nuclear energy is the unresolved problem of what to do with the nuclear waste. Though nuclear power has been with us almost fifty years, to date, not one of the 30 countries with nuclear power plants has opened a nuclear waste repository...."
April, 2006
Uncertainty Underground: Yucca Mountain and the Nation's High-Level Nuclear Waste
Book
By Allison Macfarlane, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
April, 2006
Introduction
Book Chapter
By Allison Macfarlane, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
April, 2006
Technical Policy Design Making in Siting a High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository
Book Chapter
By Allison Macfarlane, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
April, 2006
Uncertainty, Models, and the Way Forward in Nuclear Waste Disposal
Book Chapter
By Allison Macfarlane, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
March 1, 2006
Yucca Mountain and High-Level Nuclear Waste Disposal
Testimony
By Allison Macfarlane, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
Testimony of Allison M. Macfarlane for the Environment and Public Works Committee, U.S. Senate, Hearing on the Status of the Yucca Mountain Project, March 1, 2006
July, 2005
All Weapons of Mass Destruction are Not Equal
Magazine or Newspaper Article, MIT Center for International Studies Audit of the Conventional Wisdom, volume 05-8
By Allison Macfarlane, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
June 4, 2005
Don't Put Nuclear Waste on Military Bases
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Allison Macfarlane, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
July, 2005
All Weapons of Mass Destruction are Not Equal
Magazine or Newspaper Article, MIT Center for International Studies Audit of the Conventional Wisdom, volume 05-8
By Allison Macfarlane, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
April, 2006
Uncertainty Underground: Yucca Mountain and the Nation's High-Level Nuclear Waste
Book
By Allison Macfarlane, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
