Public reactions to nuclear waste: Citizens' views of repository siting
This book presents revised and updated papers from a panel of social scientists, at the 1989 AAAS meetings, that examined the public's reactions to nuclear waste disposal and the repository siting process. The papers report the results of original empirical research on citizens' views of nuclear waste repository siting. Topics covered include the following: content analysis of public testimony; sources of public concern about nuclear waste disposal in Texas agricultural communities; local attitudes toward high-level waste repository at Hanford; perceived risk and attitudes toward nuclear wastes; attitudes of Nevada urban residents toward a nuclear waste repository; attitudes of rural community residents toward a nuclear waste respository. An introductory chapter provides background and context, and a concluding chapter summarizes the implications of the reports. Two additional chapters cover important features of high-level waste disposal: long term trends in public attitudes toward nuclear energy and nuclear waste policy and assessment of the effects on the Los Vegas convention business if a high-level nuclear waste depository were sited in Nevada.
- OSTI ID:
- 5741388
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ATTITUDES
COMMUNITIES
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENERGY
HANFORD RESERVATION
HEARINGS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NEVADA
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEAR ENERGY
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
PUBLIC ANXIETY
PUBLIC OPINION
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RURAL AREAS
TEXAS
URBAN AREAS
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
USA
WASHINGTON
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES