Achieving a negotiated compensation agreement in siting: the MRS case

Journal Article · · J. Policy Anal. Manage.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2307/3324513· OSTI ID:6928570

Sigmon, E B

Theoreticians claim that negotiated compensation plans could overcome local resistance to nuclear waste (or other less than desirable) facilities, and the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 gives the Department of Energy considerable flexibility to negotiate with and compensate states in which it locates waste storage. DOE's monitored retrievable storage (MRS) proposal is the first attempt under the NWPA to site nuclear waste operations, and both DOE and one local community tried the negotiated compensation approach with some success. State and regional leaders chose to oppose the project rather than to negotiate, however. The limited experience to date suggests that local reluctance to negotiate is a generic weakness of the compensation approach to siting and must be given greater attention.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge Associated Universities, TN
• OSTI ID: 6928570
• Journal Information: J. Policy Anal. Manage.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Policy Anal. Manage.; (United States) Vol. 6:2; ISSN JPAMD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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