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Title: Social impact assessment: A review and proposed approach: Final report

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/59973· OSTI ID:59973

The objective of the report is to identify the essential components of a comprehensive plan to assess the potential social impacts of the proposed construction and operation of a high level radioactive waste repository by the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations (NNWSI) Project. The tasks taken to achieve this objective are: examination of the literature on Social Impact Assessment (SIA); identification of different conceptual frameworks that have been proposed or used in SIA; examination of specific aspects of the frameworks; assessment of strengths and weaknesses of the frameworks; synthesis of common elements in these frameworks; and examination and evaluation of methods of data collection and analysis. 150 refs., 6 figs., 7 tabs.

Research Organization:
Science Applications International Corp., Las Vegas, NV (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC08-83NV10270
OSTI ID:
59973
Report Number(s):
DOE/NV/10270-10; SAIC-86/8003; ON: DE87008013
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Dec 1986
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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