The “scientization” of Yucca Mountain via The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Government officials are often guilty of politicizing science. Egged on by business or religious interests, they cast doubt on the scientific evidence for a connection between tobacco and lung cancer, or between fossil fuels and climate change, or even between humans and our primate ancestors. Some scientific findings are suppressed, while others are manipulated or distorted beyond recognition. But in the case of Yucca Mountain, the reverse happened: Government officials “scientized” politics. They made decisions that were largely political but cloaked them in the garb of science.

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