EVST 255: Environmental Politics and Law
Lecture 05 - Preparing for War: NEPA. During this session, Professor Wargo stresses the importance of considering the persistence of pollutants in the environment. He continues the discussion of the Atomic Energy Commission's (AEC) risk management strategies in the wake of nuclear experiments from 1945-1963, and also introduces risk reduction strategies attempted after the nuclear explosion at Chernobyl. These strategies underestimated the persistence of radionuclides in the environment. All of these approaches took place in secret, and these proceedings were only declassified in the 1990s. Governmental secrecy in these cases prevents the public from becoming fully literate about environmental risks and from being able to challenge or test the government's narrative. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 05 - Preparing for War: NEPA |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. Nuclear Experimentation: Bringing the Problem Home |
| [00:13:06] | 2. Compensation Schemes |
| [00:20:28] | 3. The Troubling Calculus of Medical Experimentation |
| [00:38:36] | 4. Key Lessons Thus Far |
| [00:49:41] | 5. Concluding Thoughts |
| References |
| Lecture 5 - Preparing for War: NEPA Instructor: Professor John Wargo. Resources: Lecture 5 [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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