The vulnerability of the Nevada visitor economy to a repository at Yucca Mountain

Risk Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 635-647

  Easterling, Doug ^a  

^a Colorado Trust ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Economic impacts; High level nuclear waste repository; Imagery; Risk perception; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HIGH LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY;

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES;

ECONOMIC IMPACT; LOCAL ECONOMY; NUCLEAR WASTE; TOURISM IMPACT; WASTE REPOSITORY;

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH HAZARD; IMAGERY; MODEL; NUCLEAR WASTE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOURISM; UNITED STATES;

NEVADA; USA; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 0031257716     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1997.tb00904.x     Document Type: Review

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