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  • Decaying in Storage: The Closures of Three Nuclear Reactors in the Pacific Northwest

    Creator:
    Oney, Celia E.
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    People involved in a nuclear activity, whether they are developing it, benefiting from it, or opposing it, see inherent connections between various aspects of nuclear science and technology. This thesis investigates three nuclear sites: a university research reactor, a dual-purpose reactor that produced plutonium for the U.S. military and electricity...
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    Masters Thesis
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    plutonium for the U.S. military and electricity for civilian use, and a commercial power reactor, all

  • Assessing the Current State of Transboundary Cooperation in the International Columbia River Basin

    Creator:
    Timboe, Ingrid A.
    Abstract:
    The Columbia River Treaty (CRT) is often used as an example of how treaties can work to normalize, regulate, and improve the cooperative management of shared water resources between basin countries. Few would argue that, in its limited mandate to regulate hydropower generation and flood risk management for downstream communities,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    populations listed under the U.S. federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). Further, although these gaps exist

  • Wind Energy Siting in Kittitas County, Washington

    Creator:
    Naimoli, Stephen
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    Increasing renewable energy development is often seen as an essential tool for combating global climate change, yet despite widespread support in theory, renewable energy often faces problems at the implementation stage. In the state of Washington, where voters have expressed a desire for greater renewable energy by mandating that 15%...
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    Capstone Project
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    state and federal lands, which includes parts of Mt. Rainier National Park and the Okanogan-Wenatchee

  • Immigrant encounters : film narratives of the modern immigrant

    Creator:
    Yeager, Angela L.
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    This thesis employs a narrative analysis of more than twenty-five films that are centrally concerned with immigrants and the immigrant experience. In Part One, drawing from the work of Yosefa Loshitzky, I will focus on films that feature an immigrant lead character. In Part Two, I will explore movies that...
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    Masters Thesis
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    motion pictures from Europe and the United States in their national and transnational contexts.1 Other

  • Opening Pandora's Box at the Roof of the World : The Past and Present of Avian Influenza Science

    Creator:
    Canavan, Barbara C.
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    By means of a case study and historical analysis, this dissertation examines the past and present of avian influenza. By integrating disconnected histories of human and animal influenza, this dissertation links historical insights with the concerns of contemporary avian flu science. It is not only a natural history of avian...
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    Dissertation
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    Interdisciplinarity, a key component of systems theory, remains a rather ambiguous term. The National Science

  • It Depends: Defining Cooperation and Evaluating Effectiveness in Transboundary Waters

    Creator:
    McCracken, Melissa J.
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    With the increasing international focus on transboundary cooperation as a part of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Framework, there is global recognition of transboundary water cooperation as a tool for improved governance and management of transboundary surface and groundwaters. Yet, there is not an agreed upon definition of transboundary water...
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    Dissertation
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    arrangements (A. T. Wolf 2007). Increasing national water security can be obtained through 7 cooperation