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Environmental Risk and the Iron Triangle: The Case of Yucca Mountain

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Despite significant scientific uncertainties and strong public opposition, there appears to be an “iron triangle†of industry, government, and consultants/contractors promoting the siting of the world’s first permanent geological repository for high-level nuclear waste and spent fuel, proposed for Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Arguing that representatives of this iron triangle have ignored important epistemological and ethical difficulties with the proposed facility, I conclude that the business climate surrounding this triangle appears to leave little room for consideration of ethical issues related to public safety, environmental welfare, and citizen consent to risk. If my analysis of the Yucca Mountain case is correct and typical, then some of the most pressing questions of business ethics may concern how to break the iron triangle or, at least, how to expand it into a quadrilateral that includes the public.

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  • Shrader-Frechette, Kristin S., 1995. "Environmental Risk and the Iron Triangle: The Case of Yucca Mountain," Business Ethics Quarterly, Cambridge University Press, vol. 5(4), pages 753-777, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:buetqu:v:5:y:1995:i:04:p:753-777_01
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