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Citizen board issues and local newspaper coverage of risk, remediation, and environmental management: Six U.S. nuclear weapons facilities
Author(s) -
Greenberg Michael,
Lowrie Karen,
Hollander Justin,
Burger Joanna,
Powers Charles,
Gochfeld Michael
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
remediation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1520-6831
pISSN - 1051-5658
DOI - 10.1002/rem.20173
Subject(s) - newspaper , environmental remediation , government (linguistics) , environmental planning , oak ridge national laboratory , local government , radioactive waste , risk management , business , engineering , political science , waste management , public administration , environmental science , advertising , finance , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , physics , contamination , nuclear physics , biology
We examined site‐specific advisory board (SSAB) minutes and local newspaper coverage of the Fernald, Hanford, Idaho, Oak Ridge, Rocky Flats, and Savannah River sites of the U.S. Department of Energy (US DOE) in order to determine the importance of risk‐related issues related to remediation and other forms of environmental management. About one‐third of SSAB issues were risk‐related, and these were disproportionately major issues at meetings. The media focused on risks associated with remediation and other forms of waste management. The analysis implies that contractors and government officials need to establish and maintain communications with advisory panels and accentuate these contacts well in advance of contemplated new actions. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.