Vincent Ialenti
Biographic Data
| ID | 183379 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vincent Ialenti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vincent |
| FAMILY NAME | Ialenti |
| SIGNATURE | IALENTI V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Elliott School of International Affairs (Suite 403) George Washington University 1957 E Street NW Washington D.C. 20052 USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9928-2401 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Boiling sand, metallic fire
In April 2018 four drums of depleted uranium sludge burst open at a US Department of Energy facility at Idaho National Laboratory. This echoed a previous incident in 2014, when a drum erupted with fire and spewed radionuclides at a nuclear waste repository in New Mexico. Such "drum breach" accidents have been characterized in official reports as "isolated events," and as "self-initiated" and "spontaneous." Yet these descriptions misrepresent a te…
Drum breach
In February 2014 at the WIPP transuranic waste repository in New Mexico, a drum erupted in fire. It exposed 22 people to radiation, shut down the underground facility for 35 months and cost the United States over a billion dollars. Heat and pressure had built up in the drum due to chemical reactions with an organic kitty litter, Swheat Scoop , which had been mistakenly added to it at Los Alamos National Laboratory, the birthplace of the atomic bo…
Spectres of Seppo
This article examines how Finland's nuclear waste repository safety assessment experts summoned memories of Seppo: a deceased colleague whose 'spectre' was said to still 'haunt' their workplace. First, it tracks how Seppo appeared in predecessor parables: cautionary tales told about his death, which conveyed value judgements about how experts ought to act, engage, and aspire. Second, it explores how Seppo's long-time 'right-hand man' Gustav still…
Adjudicating Deep Time
This paper draws upon perspectives on legal personhood, expert knowledge practices, and social relations influential in STS and anthropology to revisit the legal procedural framing of the United States' now-defunct high-level nuclear waste repository project at Yucca Mountain. Specifically, it examines how this project reinvented both (a) conventional figures of legal personhood as what is called a 'reasonably maximally exposed individual' and (b…
Adjudicating Deep Time
This paper draws upon perspectives on legal personhood, expert knowledge practices, and social relations influential in STS and anthropology to revisit the legal procedural framing of the United States' now-defunct high-level nuclear waste repository project at Yucca Mountain. Specifically, it examines how this project reinvented both (a) conventional figures of legal personhood as what is called a 'reasonably maximally exposed individual' and (b…
Drum breach
In February 2014 at the WIPP transuranic waste repository in New Mexico, a drum erupted in fire. It exposed 22 people to radiation, shut down the underground facility for 35 months and cost the United States over a billion dollars. Heat and pressure had built up in the drum due to chemical reactions with an organic kitty litter, Swheat Scoop , which had been mistakenly added to it at Los Alamos National Laboratory, the birthplace of the atomic bo…
Spectres of Seppo
This article examines how Finland's nuclear waste repository safety assessment experts summoned memories of Seppo: a deceased colleague whose 'spectre' was said to still 'haunt' their workplace. First, it tracks how Seppo appeared in predecessor parables: cautionary tales told about his death, which conveyed value judgements about how experts ought to act, engage, and aspire. Second, it explores how Seppo's long-time 'right-hand man' Gustav still…
Boiling sand, metallic fire
In April 2018 four drums of depleted uranium sludge burst open at a US Department of Energy facility at Idaho National Laboratory. This echoed a previous incident in 2014, when a drum erupted with fire and spewed radionuclides at a nuclear waste repository in New Mexico. Such "drum breach" accidents have been characterized in official reports as "isolated events," and as "self-initiated" and "spontaneous." Yet these descriptions misrepresent a te…
Adjudicating Deep Time
This paper draws upon perspectives on legal personhood, expert knowledge practices, and social relations influential in STS and anthropology to revisit the legal procedural framing of the United States' now-defunct high-level nuclear waste repository project at Yucca Mountain. Specifically, it examines how this project reinvented both (a) conventional figures of legal personhood as what is called a 'reasonably maximally exposed individual' and (b…
Spectres of Seppo
This article examines how Finland's nuclear waste repository safety assessment experts summoned memories of Seppo: a deceased colleague whose 'spectre' was said to still 'haunt' their workplace. First, it tracks how Seppo appeared in predecessor parables: cautionary tales told about his death, which conveyed value judgements about how experts ought to act, engage, and aspire. Second, it explores how Seppo's long-time 'right-hand man' Gustav still…
Drum breach
In February 2014 at the WIPP transuranic waste repository in New Mexico, a drum erupted in fire. It exposed 22 people to radiation, shut down the underground facility for 35 months and cost the United States over a billion dollars. Heat and pressure had built up in the drum due to chemical reactions with an organic kitty litter, Swheat Scoop , which had been mistakenly added to it at Los Alamos National Laboratory, the birthplace of the atomic bo…
Boiling sand, metallic fire
In April 2018 four drums of depleted uranium sludge burst open at a US Department of Energy facility at Idaho National Laboratory. This echoed a previous incident in 2014, when a drum erupted with fire and spewed radionuclides at a nuclear waste repository in New Mexico. Such "drum breach" accidents have been characterized in official reports as "isolated events," and as "self-initiated" and "spontaneous." Yet these descriptions misrepresent a te…
Engineering (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Risk Perception and Management (3 works) · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Nuclear weapon (2 works) · Radioactive waste (2 works)