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A Review of the High‐Level Nuclear Waste Repository Siting Analysis

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  • Robin Gregory
  • Sarah Lichtenstein

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We critique two 1986 Department of Energy reports concerning the selection of sites for characterization as the nation's first high‐level nuclear waste repository. We find that the multiattribute utility analysis of the five nominated sites was well done, although we express concern about the assessed probabilities, question the construction of two important attribute scales, and disagree with some of the value tradeoffs that were used. In contrast, we find the logic of the recommendations report to be weak and unconvincing.

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  • Robin Gregory & Sarah Lichtenstein, 1987. "A Review of the High‐Level Nuclear Waste Repository Siting Analysis," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 7(2), pages 219-223, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:riskan:v:7:y:1987:i:2:p:219-223
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1987.tb00983.x
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    1. Ralph L. Keeney, 1987. "An Analysis of the Portfolio of Sites to Characterize for Selecting a Nuclear Repository," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 7(2), pages 195-218, June.
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