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Property Valuation and Radioactive Materials Transportation: A Legal, Economic and Public Perception Analysis.

DE2004827119

Publication Date	2003
Personal Author	Holm, J. A.; Thrower, A. W.; Widmayer, D. A.; Portner, W. E.
Page Count	20
Abstract	The shipment of transuranic (TRU) radioactive waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico raised a serious socioeconomic issue - the potential devaluation of property values due to the transportation of TRU waste from generator sites to the disposal facility. In 1992, the New Mexico Supreme Court held in City of Santa Fe v. Komis that a loss in value from public perception of risk was compensable. This issue has become an extremely important one for the development of the Yucca Mountain repository in Nevada for disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Much research has been conducted about the potential impacts of transportation of spent fuel and radioactive waste. This paper examines the pertinent studies conducted since the Komis case. It examines how the public debate on radioactive materials transportation continues and is now focused on transportation of high-level waste and spent nuclear fuel to the proposed Yucca Mountain repository. Finally, the paper suggests a path forward DOE can take to address this issue.
Keywords	Transportation of hazardous materials Radioactive materials Economic analysis Property values Radioactive waste management Spent fuels Radioactive wastes High-level radioactive wastes Transport Yucca Mountain Perception Waste management
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Department of Energy, Albuquerque, NM. National Transportation Program.; Science Applications International Corp., Albuquerque, NM.; Science Applications International Corp., Germantown, MD.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Science Applications International Corp., Germantown, MD. and Science Applications International Corp., Albuquerque, NM.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200509

Property Valuation and Radioactive Materials Transportation: A Legal, Economic and Public Perception Analysis.

Property Valuation and Radioactive Materials Transportation: A Legal, Economic and Public Perception Analysis.
DE2004827119

Publication Date	2003
Personal Author	Holm, J. A.; Thrower, A. W.; Widmayer, D. A.; Portner, W. E.
Page Count	20
Abstract	The shipment of transuranic (TRU) radioactive waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico raised a serious socioeconomic issue - the potential devaluation of property values due to the transportation of TRU waste from generator sites to the disposal facility. In 1992, the New Mexico Supreme Court held in City of Santa Fe v. Komis that a loss in value from public perception of risk was compensable. This issue has become an extremely important one for the development of the Yucca Mountain repository in Nevada for disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Much research has been conducted about the potential impacts of transportation of spent fuel and radioactive waste. This paper examines the pertinent studies conducted since the Komis case. It examines how the public debate on radioactive materials transportation continues and is now focused on transportation of high-level waste and spent nuclear fuel to the proposed Yucca Mountain repository. Finally, the paper suggests a path forward DOE can take to address this issue.
Keywords	Transportation of hazardous materials Radioactive materials Economic analysis Property values Radioactive waste management Spent fuels Radioactive wastes High-level radioactive wastes Transport Yucca Mountain Perception Waste management
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Department of Energy, Albuquerque, NM. National Transportation Program.; Science Applications International Corp., Albuquerque, NM.; Science Applications International Corp., Germantown, MD.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Science Applications International Corp., Germantown, MD. and Science Applications International Corp., Albuquerque, NM.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200509