Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation II

ATTACHMENT I.

Economic Policy and Impacts of DOE Cleanup Sites and Activities : Selected Reports

We have determined the relationship between DOE economic expenditures in the major regions and regional economic effects, and policy steps that can be taken to alleviate the impacts.

M. Greenberg, K. Lowrie, M. Frisch, and D. Lewis, National government policy options for contributing to regional economic stability: the U.S. Department of Energy’s major nuclear weapon sites, Review of Policy Research vol. 20(4), 2003. 647-670. 

D. Lewis, M. Frisch, and M. Greenberg, Downsizing and worker separation: modeling the regional economic impacts of alternative Department of Energy workforce adjustment policies, Regional Studies, 38(1), 2004, 67-83.  

M. Greenberg, A. Isserman, D. Krueckeberg, K. Lowrie, H. Mayer, D. Simon, and D. Sorenson, Socioeconomic impacts of U.S. nuclear weapons facilities: a local scale analysis of Savannah River, 1950 to 1993, Applied Geography, 18, 1998, 101-116.

M. Frisch, L. Solitare, M. Greenberg, and K. Lowrie, Regional economic benefits of environmental management at the U.S. Department of Energy=s major nuclear weapons sites, Journal of Environmental Management vol. 54, 1998, 23-37.

K. Lowrie, M. Greenberg, and M. Frisch, Economic fallout, Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy, Summer 1999, 120-126. 

 M. Greenberg, A. Isserman, M. Frisch, D. Krueckeberg, K. Lowrie, H. Mayer, D. Simon, and D. Sorenson, Questioning conventional wisdom: the regional economic impacts of major U.S. nuclear weapons sites, 1970-1994, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, vol. 33 (3), 1999, 183-204.

M. Greenberg, L. Solitare, M. Frisch, and K. Lowrie, Economic impact of accelerated cleanup on regions surrounding the U.S. DOE=s major nuclear weapons sites, Risk Analysis, 19(4), 1999, 629-641.

H. Mayer and M. Greenberg, Responding to economic change in remote rural regions: federal installations in Idaho and Washington, Journal of Rural Studies, vol 16, 2000, 421-432.

M. Frisch, L. Solitare, M. Greenberg, and K. Lowrie, Impact of providing off-site economic development funds to dependent regions surrounding the U.S. DOE=s major nuclear weapons sites, Journal of Policy Analysis and Modeling, 22(7), 2000, 801-819.

 M. Greenberg, D. Lewis, M. Frisch, K. Lowrie, and H. Mayer, The US Department of Energy=s regional economic legacy: spatial dimensions of a half century of dependency, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 36, 2002, 109-125.

 M. Greenberg, D. Lewis and M. Frisch, Local and interregional economic analysis of large US Department of Energy waste management projects,  Waste Management, 22 (2), 2002, 643-655.

M. Greenberg, K. T. Miller, F. Frisch, and D. Lewis, Facing an uncertain economic future: environmental management spending and rural regions surrounding the U.S. DOE’s nuclear weapons facilities, Defense and Peace Economics, vol. 14(1), 2003, 85-97.

M. Greenberg, K. Lowrie, M. Frisch, and D. Lewis, National government policy options for contributing to regional economic stability: the U.S. Department of Energy’s major nuclear weapon sites, Review of Policy Research vol. 20(4), 2003. 647-670. 

D. Lewis, M. Frisch, and M. Greenberg, Downsizing and worker separation: modeling the regional economic impacts of alternative Department of Energy workforce adjustment policies, Regional Studies, 38(1), 2004, 67-83.  

K. T. Miller, D. Lewis, M. Frisch, and M. Greenberg, Innovative worker separation, severance policies, and economic migration at U.S. Department of Energy sites, Applied Research in Economic Development, 2(1), 2004, 3-16 (lead article).

Life cycle analysis and costs, including conceptual model, contract analysis:

We have developed a life cycle economic model and tried to apply it to several sites.  Our life cycle model is notably more demanding of data and analysis than the method currently used by the department and EPA.  We believe that it is essential that DOE move toward this kind of life cycle model because of the high cost and uncertainty issues associated with its projects.  Also, our research regarding the department’s contracts shows that the department has made progress in its contracting processes. 

M. Greenberg, D. Lewis, and M. Frisch, Regional economic impacts of environmental management of radiological hazards: an initial analysis of a complex problem, Environmental Planning and Management, vol 44 (3), 2001, 377-390.

H. Mayer and M. Greenberg, Infrastructure planning in an uncertain environment: the nation’s former nuclear weapons production sites, Public Works Management and Policy, vol. 7(2), 2002, 138-154 (lead article).

M. Greenberg, J. Burger, C. Powers, T. Leschine, K. Lowrie, B. Friedlander, E. Faustman, W. Griffith, and D. Kosson, Choosing remediation and waste management options at hazardous and radioactive waste sites, Remediation, Winter 2002, 39-58.

M. Greenberg, H. Mayer, and D. Lewis, Life-cycle cost in a highly uncertain economic environment: the case of managing the U.S. Department of Energy’s nuclear waste legacy, Federal Facilities Environmental Journal, Spring, 2004, 67-82.

H. Mayer, J. Faas, D. Lewis, and M. Greenberg, Environmental Cleanup of the Nation’s Former Nuclear Weapons Sites: Unprecedented Public-Private Challenges at the Largest Facilities, Remediation, 16(3), 2006, 37-56.

FINAL REPORT: A Summary of Work 2000 - 2006

Instrument No. DE - FG26-00NT 40938 (Original Instrument No. DE-FG01-03EW15336)

Submitted by Charles W. Powers, PI CRESP II
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