LCNOP Reports

Utilizing funding provided by the State of Nevada and DOE, the Committee has overseen the preparation of over 83 reports documenting repository system implications for Lincoln County. Topics addressed within these studies include emergency response, ethnography, transportation routing, economic/demographic impact assessment, media amplification of risks, community development, transportation risk assessment, risk communication, tourism impact assessment, fiscal impact assessment, and risk perception, among others. The numerous studies sponsored by the County and City of Caliente have utilized teams of highly trained and competent researchers representing both academic and private entities. In addition, the State of Nevada Nuclear Waste Projects Office has conducted numerous studies which directly or indirectly address repository implications within Lincoln County and the City of Caliente. The County and City have developed a summary compilation of all findings of the State of Nevada with regard to repository system impacts locally. The extensive information base represented by these various studies has been thoroughly utilized by the County and City in responding to continuing activities by DOE to plan for the disposal of nuclear waste within Nevada.