Perceived risk, stigma, and potential economic impacts of a high-level nuclear waster repository in Nevada.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: JUL 1989Description: 58p., 30 refsReport number: DE-FG08-85-NV10461; DE90-004734; DOE/NV/10461-T25; NWPO-SE-023-89Subject: Describes a program of research designed to assess the potential impacts of high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, upon tourism, retirement and job-related migration and business development in Las Vegas and the state. The conceptual underpinnings of risk perception, social amplification and stigmatization are discussed and empirical data are presented to demonstrate how nuclear images associated with Las Vegas and the State of Nevada might trigger adverse effects on tourism, migration and business development.
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Describes a program of research designed to assess the potential impacts of high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, upon tourism, retirement and job-related migration and business development in Las Vegas and the state. The conceptual underpinnings of risk perception, social amplification and stigmatization are discussed and empirical data are presented to demonstrate how nuclear images associated with Las Vegas and the State of Nevada might trigger adverse effects on tourism, migration and business development.
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