The dilemma of siting a high-level nuclear waste depository /

In the Dilemma of Siting a High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository, the authors examine siting conflicts from a variety of perspectives - political, psychological, and sociological - and identify the fundamental determinants of public opposition to waste-disposal facilities as a means of designing more...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Easterling, Douglas
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Kunreuther, Howard
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [1995]
Series:	Studies in risk and uncertainty.
Subjects:	Radioactive waste sites > Location. Radioactive wastes sites > Public opinion. Public relations. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Siting a High-Level Waste Repository
3. Siting a Monitored Retrievable (MRS) Storage Facility
4. Managing Local Opposition
5. Analysis of Public Opposition
6. Public Perceptions of the Proposed Repository
7. The Doughnut Effect
8. A Siting Process to Gain Public Acceptance
9. Analysis of U.S. Policy for Managing High-Level Waste
10. Next Steps for HLNW Policy.