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Author Staff, National Research Council

Title Social and Economic Aspects of Radioactive Waste Disposal : Considerations for Institutional Management
Published Washington : National Academies Press, 1900

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Description 1 online resource (189 pages)
Contents ""Social and Economic Aspects of Radioactive Waste Disposal""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1 Summary""; ""APPROACH OF THIS STUDY""; ""MAJOR SOCIOECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS""; ""A. Public Response""; ""B. The Waste Management Network""; ""C. Site Effects""; ""D. Institutional Issues""; ""MAJOR FINDINGS""; ""2 Public Concerns""; ""THE DATA BASE""; ""THE EMERGENCE OF PUBLIC CONCERNS""; ""DEMOGRAPHIC CORRELATES OF PUBLIC CONCERN""; ""THE CAUSES OF PUBLIC CONCERN: ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESES""; ""Fear""; ""THE NATURE OF HAZARD""; ""VALUE CONFLICT""
""INSTITUTIONAL CREDIBILITY AND DISTRUST""""METHODOLOGICAL AND DATA-BASE LIMITATIONS""; ""FINDINGS""; ""REFERENCES FOR CHAPTER 2""; ""3 The Waste Management Network: The Role of Transportation and Repository Location""; ""THE WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN OPERATION""; ""A REFERENCE CASE""; ""The Waste Funnel""; ""System Characteristics""; ""A SINGLE, CENTRALIZED REPOSITORY OR A REGIONAL SYSTEM?""; ""Costs""; ""Social and Institutional Effects""; ""TEMPORARY STORAGE PRIOR TO PERMANENT ISOLATION""; ""Costs""; ""Institutional Effects""; ""TRANSPORT MODE""; ""FINDINGS""; ""REFERENCES FOR CHAPTER 3""
""4 The Waste Repository Site: Characteristics and Socioeconomic Considerations""""THE REPOSITORY SITE: A DESCRIPTION""; ""CONVENTIONAL EFFECTS""; ""Economic Effects""; ""Environmental and Health Effects""; ""Locational Costs and Effects""; ""Social Change""; ""Local Institutional Effects""; ""SPECIAL EFFECTS""; ""INFLUENCE OF TIME AND DISTANCE ON WASTE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES""; ""LOCAL EFFECTS ALONG TRANSPORT CORRIDORS""; ""MITIGATION AND COMPENSATION""; ""FINDINGS""; ""REFERENCES FOR CHAPTER 4""; ""5 Institutional Means""; ""INSTITUTIONAL THEMES IN THE NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY ACT OF 1982""
""State/Local Institutional Structure""""Management for Operations""; ""Dispute Handling""; ""PUBLIC PARTICIPATION""; ""REGULATION OF TRANSPORTATION""; ""FINDINGS""; ""REFERENCES FOR CHAPTER 5""; ""Appendix A: Spent-Fuel Transportation Analysis for the National Academy of Sciences""; ""Appendix B: Supplementary Comments Chapter 5""; ""REFERENCE FOR APPENDIX B""
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Subject Radioactive waste disposal -- Social aspects -- United States
Radioactive waste disposal -- Economic aspects -- United States
Radioactive waste disposal -- Economic aspects
Radioactive waste disposal -- Social aspects
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780309595438
0309595436