Review of New York State Low-Level Radioactive Waste Siting Process
Title | Review of New York State Low-Level Radioactive Waste Siting Process PDF eBook |
Author | Committee to Review New York State's Siting and Methodology Selection for Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 306 |
Release | 1996-08-13 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0309561213 |
This book reviews the efforts of New York state to site a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility. It evaluates the nature, sources, and quality of the data, analyses, and procedures used by the New York State Siting Commission in its decisionmaking process, which identified five potential sites for low-level waste disposal. Finally, the committee offers a chapter highlighting the lessons in siting low-level radioactive waste facilities that can be learned from New York State's experience.
Public Participation in Siting Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities
Title | Public Participation in Siting Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities PDF eBook |
Author | Jayne M. Michaud |
Publisher | |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Radioactive waste sites |
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Siting Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities
Title | Siting Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities PDF eBook |
Author | Mary R. English |
Publisher | Praeger |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 1992-06-16 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
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Many lament the difficulty of siting hazardous waste facilities that are intended to benefit the public at large but are locally unwanted. Many label local opposition as purely self-interested; as simply a function of the NIMBY (Not In My Backyard) syndrome. Drawing upon the experience of states trying to site new low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities, Mary English argues that we need to think harder and look deeper, to understand--and, possibly, solve--the siting dilemma. The 1980 Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act ushered in a new era in low-level radioactive waste disposal; one of vastly increased state responsibility. By a 1985 amendment, states were given until January 1993 to develop a new system of disposal facilities. English reviews the progress they have made, focusing on one difficulty: that of finding technically and socially acceptable sites. She then turns to issues concerning authority, trust, risk, and justice that help to shape the siting dilemma. This book is made highly readable by vivid examples drawn from recent efforts to site low-level waste disposal facilities. The volume will be a helpful resource to those in the public and private sectors who are immediately concerned with the siting of radioactive waste disposal facilities, hazardous waste facilities, solid waste landfills, incinerators, etc., as well as social scientists who are studying this problem.
Siting a Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility in Texas
Title | Siting a Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility in Texas PDF eBook |
Author | Texas Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations |
Publisher | |
Pages | 214 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Environmental impact analysis |
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Developing Public Information and Public Participation Strategies for Siting Low-level Radioactive Waste Management Facilities
Title | Developing Public Information and Public Participation Strategies for Siting Low-level Radioactive Waste Management Facilities PDF eBook |
Author | Edgar M. Miller |
Publisher | |
Pages | 24 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Radioactive waste disposal in the ground |
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A Citizen's Guide to Public Involvement, in the Development of Pennsylvania's Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility
Title | A Citizen's Guide to Public Involvement, in the Development of Pennsylvania's Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 20 |
Release | |
Genre | Hazardous waste sites |
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The Role of Public Participation in the Siting of Low Level Radioactive Waste Facilities
Title | The Role of Public Participation in the Siting of Low Level Radioactive Waste Facilities PDF eBook |
Author | Nicola J. Bazie |
Publisher | |
Pages | 72 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Environmental protection |
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