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Two Citizen Task Forces and the Challenge of the Evolving Nuclear Waste Siting Process
Two Citizen Task Forces and the Challenge of the Evolving Nuclear Waste Siting Process
Siting any nuclear waste facility is problematic in today's climate of distrust toward nuclear agencies and fear of nuclear waste. This study compares and contrasts the siting and public participation processes as two citizen task forces dealt with their difficult responsibilities. Though one dealt with a high level waste (Monitored Retrievable Storage - MRS) proposal in Tennessee in 1985-6 and the other with a proposed low level waste facility in Illinois (1988 and still ongoing), the needs of citizen decision makers were very similar.
Section 3.4 - Report of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future - Report to the Secretary of Energy
Section 3.4 - Report of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future - Report to the Secretary of Energy
The Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future (BRC) was formed by the Secretary of Energy at the request of the President to conduct a comprehensive review of policies for managing the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle and recommend a new strategy
Report of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future - Report to the Secretary of Energy
Report of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future - Report to the Secretary of Energy
The Blue Ribbon Commission on America_s Nuclear Future (BRC) was formed by the Secretary<br>of Energy at the request of the President to conduct a comprehensive review of policies for<br>managing the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle and recommend a new strategy. It was cochaired<br>by Rep. Lee H. Hamilton and Gen. Brent Scowcroft. Other Commissioners are Mr.<br>Mark H. Ayers, the Hon. Vicky A. Bailey, Dr. Albert Carnesale, Sen. Pete Domenici, Ms. Susan<br>Eisenhower, Sen. Chuck Hagel, Mr. Jonathan Lash, Dr. Allison M. Macfarlane, Dr.
Section 6 - Report of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future - Report to the Secretary of Energy
Section 6 - Report of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future - Report to the Secretary of Energy
The Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future (BRC) was formed by the Secretary of Energy at the request of the President to conduct a comprehensive review of policies for managing the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle and recommend a new strategy
Summary of Comments for the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future
Summary of Comments for the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future
Summary of Comments for the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future by Professor Hank C. Jenkins-Smith, University of Oklahoma
Slides - EPA Geologic Disposal Standards, Overview and Experience
Slides - EPA Geologic Disposal Standards, Overview and Experience
Presented to Disposal Subcommittee of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future
BRC Disposal Subcommittee, Essential Elelents of a State Technical Review and Lessons Unlearned on RAWD
BRC Disposal Subcommittee, Essential Elelents of a State Technical Review and Lessons Unlearned on RAWD
Presented to Disposal Subcommittee of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future
Site Evaluation Process
Site Evaluation Process
Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal
Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal
Management of civilian radioactive waste has posed difficult issues for Congress since the beginning of the nuclear power industry in the 1950s. Federal policy is based on the premise that nuclear waste can be disposed of safely, but proposed storage and disposal facilities have frequently been challenged on safety, health, and environmental grounds.
What Are the Key Lessons Learned from Site Evaluation Processes for the WIPP and Yucca Mountain Sites?
What Are the Key Lessons Learned from Site Evaluation Processes for the WIPP and Yucca Mountain Sites?
Comments by John Greeves, Former Director, Division of Waste Management, NRC, presented to BRC Disposal Subcommittee
LEARNING AND ADAPTING TO SOCIETAL REQUIREMENTS
LEARNING AND ADAPTING TO SOCIETAL REQUIREMENTS
Reflections on Siting Approaches for Radioactive Waste Facilities: Synthesising Principles Based on International Learning
Comments to BRC Meeting
Comments to BRC Meeting
10-year Record of Learning Factual List of Activities and Investigated Topics, and of People Who Contributed to Them
The Partnership Approach to Siting and Developing Radioactive Waste Management Facilities
The Partnership Approach to Siting and Developing Radioactive Waste Management Facilities
History shows that the search for sites for radioactive waste management facilities has been marred by conflicts and delays. Affected communities have often objected that their concerns and interests were not addressed. In response, institutions have progressively turned away from the traditional “decide, announce and defend” model, and are learning to “engage, interact and co-operate”. This shift has fostered the emergence of partnerships between the proponent of the facility and the potential host community, as shown in a recent NEA study.
Nuclear Waste Policy: How We Got Here
Nuclear Waste Policy: How We Got Here
From Information and Consultation to Citizen Influence and Power: 10-year Evolution in Public Involvement in Radioactive Waste Management
Enhancing the Role of State and Local Governments in America's Nuclear Future: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Enhancing the Role of State and Local Governments in America's Nuclear Future: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
The Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future was formed by the Secretary of<br/>Energy at the direction of the President. The Commission was formed to conduct a<br/>comprehensive review of policies for managing the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle, including<br/>all alternatives for the storage, processing, and disposal of civilian and defense used nuclear fuel,<br/>high–level waste, and materials derived from nuclear activities.
SEAB: Earning Public Trust and Confidence: Requisites for Managing Radioactive Wastes
SEAB: Earning Public Trust and Confidence: Requisites for Managing Radioactive Wastes
Selected List of Publicly Available EPRI Technical Reports Relevant to Blue Ribbon Commission Subcommittee Topics, Electric Power Research Institute, Used Fuel and HLW Management Program
Selected List of Publicly Available EPRI Technical Reports Relevant to Blue Ribbon Commission Subcommittee Topics, Electric Power Research Institute, Used Fuel and HLW Management Program
EPRI Review of Geologic Disposal for Used Fuel and High Level Radioactive Waste: Volume IV - Lessons Learned
EPRI Review of Geologic Disposal for Used Fuel and High Level Radioactive Waste: Volume IV - Lessons Learned
The effective termination of the Yucca Mountain program by the U.S. Administration in 2009 has further delayed the construction and operation of a permanent disposal facility for used fuel and high level radioactive waste (HLW) in the United States. In concert with this decision, the President directed the Energy Secretary to establish the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future to review and provide recommendations on options for managing used fuel and HLW.
Yucca Mountain - Nevada's Perspective
Yucca Mountain - Nevada's Perspective
Yucca Mountain—that barren rise in the desert ninety miles from Las Vegas—is the nation‘s only site identified for the potential location of the first ge ological repository for commercially-generated HLNW and SNF. Many assume
that Yucca Mountain has geologic and climatic qualities that make it uniquely
suitable to isolate the thousands of metric tons of the world‘s most lethal, long lived waste currently accumulating at 104 operating nuclear power plants across the United States.
Unfortunately, Yucca Mountain is an exceptionally bad site,
EPRI Review of Geologic Disposal for Used Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste: Volume III - Review of National Repository Programs
EPRI Review of Geologic Disposal for Used Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste: Volume III - Review of National Repository Programs
The effective termination of the Yucca Mountain program by the U.S. Administration in 2009 has left the U.S. program for management of used fuel and high level radioactive waste (HLW) in a state of uncertainty.
Some Principles for Siting Controversial Decisions: Issues from the US Experience with High Level Nuclear Waste
Some Principles for Siting Controversial Decisions: Issues from the US Experience with High Level Nuclear Waste
Beginning with the role of "stakeholders" - those whose interests are, knowingly or unknowingly, affected - in the siting of noxious facilities, this paper seeks to develop principles for acceptable and democratically arrived at polices related to problems associated with advances in and products of science and technology. Although widely regarded as a necessary condition for success, the principles underpinning stakeholder involvement, such as representativeness, are often violated in practice.