Siting the MRS - a lesson in how even bribes don`t work

Journal Article · Fri Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1993 · Natural Resources and Environment

OSTI ID:67827

Kassen, M ^[1]

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1. Environmental Defense Fund, Boulder, CO (United States)

The difficulties surrounding the siting of nuclear waste facilities, whether for treatment, storage, or disposal, illustrate and magnify the generic problems facing those who wish to site hazardous waste disposal facilities in the US. Even the Monitored Retrievable Storage facility (MRS), DOE has not found a community willing to host the spent nuclear fuel even on a short term basis, and recent experience even government `bribes` to host communities may not overcome the overwhelming negative perception. This article discusses both the history of this issue and the problem as it stands now. Topics include: the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) and its early failures; NWPA amendments; `bribes` for reluctant MRS `Volunteers`; volunteers and dropouts; 1998: U.S. ownership of spent fuel from nuclear utilities brings new problems; the search for need and acceptance.

• OSTI ID: 67827
• Journal Information: Natural Resources and Environment, Journal Name: Natural Resources and Environment Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 7; ISSN 0882-3812; ISSN NRENEL
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
MONITORED RETRIEVABLE STORAGE
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS