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1 online resource (xxvi, 100 pages) : illustrations (some color), color charts. |
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text file PDF |
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polychrome |
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RAND Corporation monograph series ; MG1230
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Rand Corporation monograph series ; MG1230.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-100). |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Learning lessons from the past -- Exploring potential organizational models -- Matching organizational models to critical organizational attributes -- Designing a new management disposition organization -- Appendix A: Comparison of the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Bonneville Power Administration -- Appendix B: Summary of organizational characteristics of Canadian and Swedish MDOs -- Appendix C: List of mixed-ownership government corporations and wholly owned government corporations. |
| Summary |
Following the President's decision in January 2010 to withdraw the license application for a geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, the Secretary of Energy established the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future (BRC) to consider alternatives to the nation's current institutional arrangements for management and disposition of used fuel and defense high-level nuclear waste. In February 2012, the BRC issued its final report. Among its recommendations was a call for a new, single purpose organization to be established to replace the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that had been established under the authority of the 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act. The BRC suggested that a congressionally chartered federal corporation offers the most promising model, but the commission left open the possibility of alternative concepts to achieve the desired ends. In response to this recommendation, DOE asked the RAND Corporation to examine alternative organizational models for such a new management and disposition organization (MDO). Our study supports the work of DOE's Office of Nuclear Energy and the Management and Disposition Working Group (MDWG) formed to consider implementation options and activities. |
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Finding ways to safely store and ultimately dispose of nuclear waste has been on the national policy agenda for decades and remains a matter of considerable debate. This volume considers the creation of a new, single-purpose organization to manage and dispose of commercial and defense high-level radioactive materials. The authors first examine three organizational modelś⁰₄federal government corporation, federally chartered private corporation, and independent government agenсуС́⁰₄and evaluate how well they could perform the goals and responsibilities needed in a new management and disposition organization (MDO). The authors find that a federally chartered private corporation, with its commitment to stockholders and making a profit, would be weak in public accountability and political credibility. For the other two models (a federal government corporation and independent government agency), they describe the critical steps to designing an MDO, focusing on the critical relationship of the organization to the President and Congress, its source of funding, and other organizational attributes, such as how it will engage stakeholders and be treated by federal and state regulatory agencies. The authors emphasize that the key challenge in designing a new MDO is the need to strike a balance between political accountability and flexibility. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Radioactive waste disposal -- Government policy -- United States.
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Radioactive waste disposal -- Government policy. |
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United States. |
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Radioactive wastes -- Storage -- Government policy -- United States.
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Radioactive wastes -- Storage. |
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Government policy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Steinberg, Paul S.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Davis, Lynn E. Choosing a new organization for management and disposition of commercial and defense high-level radioactive materials. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2012 xxvi, 100 pages 9780833076403 (DLC) 10818054 |
| ISBN |
9780833078964 (e-book) |
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0833078968 (e-book) |
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083307640X |
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9780833076403 |
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9780833076403 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780833078957 |
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083307895X |
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