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Methodology for the analysis of the impacts of electric power production in the West [electronic resource] : a summary report

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Los Alamos, N.M. : Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 1977.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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Pages: 9 : digital, PDF file
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Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
The project objective is to design a computer-based tool to help decision makers analyze some of the crucial environmental, social, and economic impacts--particularly the following impacts which involve conditions that are unique to the West: the boom town impacts that result from the construction and operation of power plants near small, isolated towns in the sparsely populated West; and the reduction in visibility caused by the fossil fuel emissions from power plants operating in the pristine West. Additional impacts that have been addressed include public health effects from fossil fuel pollutants, occupational health and safety, and the risk of accidental release of radioactive pollutants from nuclear power plants. The scale along which most of these varied impacts are compared is dollars. As an example, the report includes a demonstration showing how the methodologies can be used to calculate impacts associated with the 1985 expansion plan of the electric utilities belonging to the Western Systems Coordinating Council (WSCC). The paper concludes with a discussion of the usefulness of the results and a description of the work to be undertaken later in the project.
Report Numbers
E 1.99:la-ur-77-1163
E 1.99: conf-770606-1
conf-770606-1
la-ur-77-1163
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Published through SciTech Connect.
01/01/1977.
"la-ur-77-1163"
" conf-770606-1"
2. national conference on interagency energy/environment R and D program, Washington, DC, USA, 6 Jun 1977.
Ford, A.; Lorber, H.W.
Funding Information
W-7405-ENG-36
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