The Yami`s opposition to the Lanyu LLW storage installation
- Da-Yeh Inst. of Tech., Changhwa (Taiwan, Province of China). Dept. of Environmental Engineering
- Georgia Inst. of Tech., Atlanta, GA (United States). School of Psychology
Since 1982, the solidified low-level radioactive wastes (LLW) in Taiwan, regardless of the origins, have been sent to Lanyu for interim storage. Lanyu is a small island located 80 kilometers southeast of Taiwan. Its unique Polynesian cultural characteristics make it an attractive tourist spot. Dissatisfaction of being the commonly neglected powerless minority, in addition to the political claims from the outside environmental activists made the majority of the Lanyu residents oppose the operation of the storage facility. Approximately 80,000 drums of these wastes have been sent to Lanyu. Although the radiological monitoring results demonstrated that the current operation causes negligible impact on the environment. Accounting for the fast changing social and political situations in Taiwan today, without a good public acceptance program for both sides, the continuous operation of the Lanyu LLW storage facility until the year 2002, at which time the LLW disposal facility will be commissioned, could be in limbo.
- OSTI ID:
- 106332
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-930906-; ISBN 0-7918-0691-X; TRN: 95:020811
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: `93 international conference on nuclear waste management and environmental remediation, Prague (Czech Republic), 5-11 Sep 1993; Other Information: PBD: 1993; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 1993 international conference on nuclear waste management and environmental remediation. Volume 2: High level radioactive waste and spent fuel management; Ahlstroem, P.E.; Chapman, C.C.; Kohout, R.; Marek, J. [eds.]; PB: 853 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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