Assessment of the impact of a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain on the economic development potential of Las Vegas, Clark County, and the surrounding area

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:137588

Boyle, M R ^[1]

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1. Growth Strategies Organization, Reston, VA (USA)

Growth Strategies Organization has completed an assessment of the Las Vegas MSA`s competitiveness in the attraction of new business facilities to the area. That report found that under current business climate conditions and in the present economic development market place, the region is a competitive site for about one hundred of the six hundred types of primary businesses studied. It is almost competitive as a location for another 80 to 90 types of businesses and is a marginal choice for another 200 business groups. In other words, Clark County, as is, fully satisfies the basic requirements of almost a sixth of the businesses in this study. With minor improvements in areas such as the skill mix of its work force and the quality of its educational facilities and with an effective campaign to improve the area`s image, the Las Vegas area could become a competitive location for about two-thirds of all business groups -- a very large shift in marketability. The proposed nuclear waste repository that he Federal government has proposed for siting at Yucca Mountain more than a hundred miles from Las Vegas would become operational after the turn of the century, more than fifteen years from now. Its influence on business investment decisions would be felt in the mid- to late-1990s if the final decision were made and announced. To measure that impact it would be desirable to establish a baseline that reflects Clark County`s competitiveness as a business facility location in the middle of the next decade. In constructing that baseline, several variables could be considered -- changes in business climate conditions in the area other than the nuclear waste repository; and changes in the location decision process itself resulting from changes in technology and in market pressures.

• Research Organization: Nevada Nuclear Waste Project Office, Carson City, NV (United States); Growth Strategies Organization, Reston, VA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG08-85NV10461
• OSTI ID: 137588
• Report Number(s): DOE/NV/10461--T18; ON: DE90004727; IN: NWPO-SE-016-89
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
COMPILED DATA
ECONOMIC POLICY
EVALUATION
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
NEVADA
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
TUFF
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
Yucca Mountain Project