title: Local and interregional economic analysis of large US Department of Energy waste management projects.
abstract: An economic simulation model was used to understand the local and interregional economic impacts of four alternative waste management technologies proposed for the US Department of Energy's Savannah River nuclear weapons site. The simulations of the four technologies, each of which will cost at least a billion dollars, were done for the period 2000-2015. The analyses show that differences in project costs are not directly reflected in local economic impacts because of differences among the technologies during the design, testing and construction phases; differences in locations where the design and pilot-testing would occur; and choices about how any of the technologies would be funded.
authors.affiliation: E.J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1958, USA. mrg@rci.rutgers.edu
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frisch
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006078:Government Programs / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D011850:Radioactive Waste / Q000191:economics*; D013672:Technology / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States; D018505:Waste Management / Q000191:economics* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D011850:Radioactive Waste