Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

3-2009

Publication Title

WM Symposia Proceedings

Publisher

WM Symposia

Abstract

Are residents living in communities around the Nevada Test Site aware of environmental remediation activities and do outreach efforts contribute to awareness? Through a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas administered a mail questionnaire to 14,083 residents and received 1,721 responses. Approximately 90% of the respondents reported awareness of past nuclear tests at the Nevada Test Site; 63% reported awareness of low-level radioactive waste disposal at the site; and 41% are aware that the Yucca Mountain Project for high level waste disposal is part of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management and not part of the Office of Environmental Management. Using both logit and probit regression models, at a 1% level of significance, respondents who reported obtaining information from the Community Advisory Board for Nevada Test Site Programs are more likely to be knowledgeable about low-level radioactive waste disposal activities and are more likely to be knowledgeable that the missions of the Office of Environmental Management and Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management are different.

Keywords

Community education; Nevada – Nevada Test Site; Radioactive waste repositories – Environmental aspects; Rural population; United States. Dept. of Energy

Disciplines

Civic and Community Engagement | Communication | Environmental Policy | Environmental Sciences | Mass Communication

Language

English

Comments

WM2009 Conference, March 1-5, 2009, Phoenix, AZ

Copyright WM Symposia, Inc., 2009. Used by permission.

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