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

Karen Lowrie and Michael Greenberg
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Karen Lowrie: Rutgers University
Michael Greenberg: Rutgers University

Environment Systems and Decisions, 2000, vol. 20, issue 2, 157-168

Abstract: Abstract 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.

Keywords: land use planning; nuclear weapons sites; risk perception; community trust (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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