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Impact Assessment And Policy Failure: The Nuclear Waste Policy Act Of 1982

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  • Bruce B. Clary
  • Michael E. Kraft

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We examine the role of environmental assessments in the siting process mandated under the ambitious Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982. We analyze the effect of these assessments in both the western and eastern United States using the original documents, critiques of the methodology of the assessments, and public comments on the siting process, including a content analysis of hearings in Wisconsin and Maine. We conclude that the major effect of the assessments on the policy process was to stimulate public and state opposition to the Department of Energy's efforts to implement NWPA, leading to what could be called policy failure and a significant redirection of the act by Congress in late 1987. The paper represents an early report of a more comprehensive and ongoing study of the politics of nuclear waste disposal.

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  • Bruce B. Clary & Michael E. Kraft, 1988. "Impact Assessment And Policy Failure: The Nuclear Waste Policy Act Of 1982," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 8(1), pages 105-115, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:8:y:1988:i:1:p:105-115
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1988.tb00920.x
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    1. Michael E. Kraft & A. Myrick Freeman, 1989. "Introduction: Economic and Political Issues in Risk Analysis," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 9(3), pages 279-281, September.

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