Ebook: LLRW Disposal Facility Siting: Successes and Failures in Six Countries

Planning for the management of nuclear wastes -- whatever their level of radioactivity -- is one of the most important environmental problems for all societies that produce utility, industrial, medical, or other radioactive waste products. Attemps to site low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities in Western industrial societies, however, have repeatedly engendered conflicts between governments, encountered vehement opposition on the part of local citizen groups, and given rise to overt hostilities among involved parties.
LLRW Disposal Facility Siting is the result of a study designed to learn more about the causes underlying failed and successful efforts to site LLRW disposal facilities. The study is based on case histories of LLRW disposal facility siting processes in six countries. Siting processes in five states within the United States and in five additional countries are analyzed using information obtained from public documents and supplemented by interviews with key participants. The selected states and countries are major generators of LLRW and each has made efforts to establish LLRW disposal facilities during the past decade. They vary widely in the approaches they have adopted to LLRW management, the institutional structures developed for managing the siting process, the means used to involve stakeholders and technical experts in the facility siting process and the amount and type of data used in making decisions.
The analysis of these case histories provides general lessons about the advantages, disadvantages, strengths, and weaknesses of the various approaches that have been attempted or implemented. LLRWDisposal Facility Siting provides valuable data for academics and researchers working in the area of environmental management.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction....Pages 1-14
Federal History....Pages 15-22
New York....Pages 23-65
California....Pages 66-90
Illinois....Pages 91-107
Nebraska....Pages 108-133
Texas....Pages 134-159
Canada....Pages 160-176
France....Pages 177-185
The Netherlands....Pages 186-196
Sweden....Pages 197-205
Switzerland....Pages 206-214
Findings and Conclusions....Pages 215-241
Back Matter....Pages 242-310

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction....Pages 1-14
Federal History....Pages 15-22
New York....Pages 23-65
California....Pages 66-90
Illinois....Pages 91-107
Nebraska....Pages 108-133
Texas....Pages 134-159
Canada....Pages 160-176
France....Pages 177-185
The Netherlands....Pages 186-196
Sweden....Pages 197-205
Switzerland....Pages 206-214
Findings and Conclusions....Pages 215-241
Back Matter....Pages 242-310
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