Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of figures and tables vii
4. Preface xiii
5. Part I the context of public concern with nuclear waste
6. 1. Public opinion and nuclear waste Policymaking 3
7. 2. The historical development of public reactions to nuclear power: implications for nuclear waste policy 32
8. 3. Perceived risk, trust, and nuclear waste: lessons from yucca mountain 64
9. Part II public reactions to preliminary sites
10. 4. Public testimony in nuclear waste repository hearings: a content analysis 89
11. 5. Sources of public concern about nuclear waste disposal in Texas agricultural communities 115
12. 6. Local attitudes toward siting a high-level nuclear waste repository at Hanford, Washington 136
13. Part III public reactions to the yucca mountain, Nevada site
14. 7. Perceived risk and attitudes toward nuclear wastes: national and Nevada perspectives 175
15. 8. The vulnerability of the convention industry to the siting of a high-level nuclear waste repository 209
16. 9. Nevada urban residents' attitudes toward a nuclear waste repository 239
17. 10. Rural community residents' views of nuclear waste repository siting in Nevada 263
18. Part IV summary and policy implications
19. 11. Prospects for public acceptance of a high-level nuclear waste repository in the united states: summary and implications 291
20. Index 325
21. Contributors 329