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Local impacts of US nuclear weapons facilities: a survey of planners

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  • Karen Lowrie

    (Rutgers University)

  • Michael Greenberg

    (Rutgers University)

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This research examines the perceptions of planners in communities around the largest US Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear weapons sites. Surveys and interviews revealed that planners are often unclear about DOE intentions, concerned about jobs and environmental contamination, and desire more involvement with future site use decisions. Planners' ratings of residents' trust of the DOE were also low, and low trust was most strongly associated with places where local officials have not been invited to future use meetings. Recommendations include improving coordination of on-site planning with local land use plans and increasing trust with a Federal-local government partnership that recognizes local concerns about the clean-up, closure and disposition of the sites.

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  • Karen Lowrie & Michael Greenberg, 2000. "Local impacts of US nuclear weapons facilities: a survey of planners," Environment Systems and Decisions, Springer, vol. 20(2), pages 157-168, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:envsyd:v:20:y:2000:i:2:d:10.1023_a:1006712211002
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1006712211002
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    1. William C. Metz, 1996. "Historical Application of a Social Amplification of Risk Model: Economic Impacts of Risk Events at Nuclear Weapons Facilities," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 16(2), pages 185-193, April.
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