THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S ATTEMPT TO SITE THE MONITORED RETRIEVABLE STORAGE FACILITY (MRS) IN TENNESSEE, 1985-1987

This report is concerned with how America's public sector is handling the challenge of implementing a technical, environmental policy, that of managing the nation's high-level nuclear waste, as reflected in the attempt of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to site a Monitored Retrievable Storage Facility (MRS) for high-level radioactive waste in Tennessee.