Framework for analyzing and responding to the equity problems involved in high-level radioactive waste disposal.

摘要

As used in the discussion that follows, and in our research papers treating equity in the Yucca Mountain Socioeconomic Impact Study, equity refers to the fairness of the process or results of a particular activity or development on the various affected groups or individuals. The proper role for equity analyses, in our view, is not to provide final answers for the difficult issues involved. Any such solutions would require absolute values to which all interested and affected parties would subscribe. They would also require agreement as to the meaning of ''harm,'' ''benefit,'' and ''burden'' as well as how these factors should most appropriately be measured and valued. Such absolute values and social consensus is not realistic. So no overall quantitative expression of the amount of inequity can be definitively calculated or stated. (ERA citation 15:009247)