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Title: Understanding socioeconomic aspects of risk perception: Progress report, FY-1987: Working draft

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7243944· OSTI ID:7243944

This report summarizes progress to date in understanding the issue of risk perception and its implications for the suitability of the Hanford Site in eastern Washington as a location for an underground radioactive waste repository. It presents some observations about the causes, consequences and processes of risk perception gained from a review of the professional literature. It also contains an extensive working bibliography of useful reference materials, and a compilation of abstracts from selected articles that are felt to be of particular relevance to the BWIP licensing and institutional support efforts. 293 refs.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
7243944
Report Number(s):
PNL-6382; BHARC-800/87/023; ON: DE88007990
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English