Public Reactions to Nuclear Waste

"Outstanding. This book, which includes some of the most important recent studies of public opinion on nuclear waste, could be extremely important in the nuclear waste debate."-Leroy C. Gould, Florida State University "This book is unique in providing the most intensive and extensive empirical study of public opinion relating specifically to two proposed waste sites. It pulls together in one volume a variety of high-quality studies, most by well known and respected researchers. The volume will command attention from specialists right away."-Walter A. Rosenbaum, University of Florida

Riley Dunlap is Professor of Sociology and Rural Sociology at Washington State University. Michael E. Kraft is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Herbert Fisk Johnson Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. Eugene A. Rosa is Professor of Sociology at Washington State University.

List of Figures and Tables Preface / Riley E. Dunlap, Michael E. Kraft, and Eugene A. Rosa Part I The Context of Public Concern with Nuclear Waste 1. Public Opinion and Nuclear Waste Policymaking / Michael E. Kraft, Eugene A. Rosa, and Riley E. Dunlap 2. The Historical Development of Public Reactions to Nuclear Power: Implications for Nuclear Waste Policy / Eugene A. Rosa and William R. Freudenburg 3. Perceived Risk, Trust, and Nuclear Waste: Lessons from Yucca Mountain / Paul Slovic, Mark Layman, and James H. Flynn Part II Public Reactions to Preliminary Sites 4. Public Testimony in Nuclear Waste Repository Hearings: A Content Analysis / Michael E. Kraft and Bruce B. Clary 5. Sources of Public Concern About Nuclear Waste Disposal in Texas Agricultural Communities / Julia G. Brody and Judy K. Fleishman 6. Local Attitudes Toward Siting a High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository at Hanford, Washington / Riley E. Dunlap, Eugene A. Rosa, Rodney K. Baxter, and Robert Cameron Mitchell Part III Public Reactions to the Yucca Mountain, Nevada Site 7. Perceived Risk and Attitudes Toward Nuclear Wastes: National and Nevada Perspectives / William H. Desvousges, Howard Kunreuther, Paul Slovic, and Eugene A. Rosa 8. The Vulnerability of the Convention Industry to the Siting of a High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository / Douglas Easterling and Howard Kunreuther 9. Nevada Urban Residents' Attitudes Toward a Nuclear Waste Repository / Alvin H. Mushkatel, Joanne M. Nigg, and K. David Pijawka 10. Rural Community Residents' Views of Nuclear Waste Repository Siting in Nevada / Richard S. Krannich, Ronald L. Little, and Lori A. Cramer Part IV Summary and Policy Implications 11. Prospects for Public Acceptance of a High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository in the United States: Summary and Implications / Eugene A. Rosa, Riley E. Dunlap, and Michael E. Kraft Index Contributors