Socio-economic impacts of nuclear power plants. [Including mitigation plans]

Journal Article · · Oak Ridge Natl. Lab. Rev.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5444439

Krause, C

Social scientists at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, pioneered the field of analyzing the social and economic impacts of nuclear power plants on communities. The first study concerned Mendocino, California, where a large nuclear power plant was being considered. Because of the the scant information available for the first social impact assessment of a nuclear power plant, post-licensing studies of the socio-economic effects of operating reactors was initiated by ORNL social scientists at Plymouth, Massachusetts, site of the Pilgrim reactor, and Waterford, Connecticut, site of the Millstone I and II reactors. The three-pronged method used to ascertain socio-economic impacts on these nuclear communities consisted of interviews with local leaders and officials, and reliance on secondary data, including statistics on local population, school enrollment, and employment. Other studies discussed in this article include communities in Brunswick County, North Carolina, (Brunswick I and II) and Appling County, Georgia, (Hatch I and II). Mitigation plans to alleviate adverse impacts from nuclear power plant construction on communities are one of the results of this type of study. Mitigation plans for the Hartsville, Tennessee, project and the Cherokee Nuclear Station now under construction near Gaffney, South Carolina, are discussed. (SAC)

• OSTI ID: 5444439
• Journal Information: Oak Ridge Natl. Lab. Rev.; (United States), Journal Name: Oak Ridge Natl. Lab. Rev.; (United States) Vol. 12:4; ISSN ORNRA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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