Full Description
Critical in solving the nuclear waste problem are such issues as the techniques needed to equitably select waste repository sites; the implications for economies, populations, public services, social structures, and future generations in siting areas; the best means for mitigating short- and long-term public and private impact of repositories; and the type of citizen involvement that best ensures the full participation of national, state, and local interest groups in the siting process. The contributors to this book examine these and related issues, offering the perspectives of sociology, economics, philosophy, and political science and representing the differing views of various regions of the nation.
Contents
Also of Interest -- Foreword -- Introduction -- An Overview of the Dimensions of Nuclear Waste Management and Repository Siting -- Dimensions of the Nuclear Waste Problem -- Geologic and Engineering Dimensions of Nuclear Waste Storage -- Ethical Considerations Surrounding Nuclear Waste Repository Siting and Mitigation -- Federal, State, and Local Socioeconomic Management Dimensions in Nuclear Waste Disposal -- Legal Constraints to Repository Siting -- Intricacies of the Nuclear Waste Problem -- Impacts of Nuclear Waste Storage and Repository Siting -- The Socioeconomic Impacts of Repositories -- Assessing the Economic and Fiscal Effects of Repository Siting -- Assessing the Demographic and Public Service Impacts of Repository Siting -- Assessing the Social Effects of Repository Siting -- Mitigation of the Impacts of Nuclear Waste Storage and Repository Siting -- Resolving Problems in Repository Siting: A Review of Issues and Mitigation Measures -- Planning for Impact Management: A Systems Perspective -- Additional Considerations for Repository Impact Mitigation -- Local Community Response and Participation in Nuclear Waste Repository Siting -- Community Response to Large-Scale Federal Projects: The Case of the MX -- Community Development in Nuclear Waste Isolation -- Citizen Participation in Nuclear Waste Repository Siting -- Summary and Conclusions -- Socioeconomic Factors Affecting the Future of Nuclear Waste Management and Repository Siting
