TY - BOOK AU - McCutcheon Chuck TI - Nuclear reactions: the politics of opening a radioactive waste disposal site SN - 0826322093 AV - TD898.12.N6 U1 - 363.72/89/0973 PY - 2002/// CY - Albuquerque PB - University of New Mexico Press KW - Waste Isolation Pilot Plant NM KW - Radioactive waste disposal in the ground KW - New Mexico KW - Carlsbad Region KW - Radioactive waste disposal KW - Political aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-223) and index; Ch. 1. "A Way ... to Make a Buck": 1971-76: Carlsbad and WIPP -- Ch. 2. "This Is Not a Predictable Situation": 1975-78: Opposition Emerges in New Mexico -- Ch. 3. "An Equal Partner": 1978-81: Congress, New Mexico Seek Control -- Ch. 4. "I'm Not in the Garbage Business Anymore": 1981-88: Idaho, Plutonium Poker, and Opening WIPP -- Ch. 5. "I Love WIPP!": 1989: An Admiral at the Helm -- Ch. 6. "No Discernible Scientific Basis": 1990-92: Underground Testing, Congress, and Scientific Doubt -- Ch. 7. "A Major Break": 1993-96: Canceling Testing, Preparing for Disposal -- Ch. 8. "This Is Indeed Historic": 1997-2001: After Fighting his Own State, Richardson Opens WIPP ER -