04480nam 2200613 450 991021997710332120230801231940.00-8330-7896-80-8330-7895-X0-8330-7640-X(CKB)3170000000065082(EBL)1365201(SSID)ssj0000870169(PQKBManifestationID)11463426(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000870169(PQKBWorkID)10807509(PQKB)10570310(Au-PeEL)EBL1365201(CaPaEBR)ebr10818054(OCoLC)857365410(MiAaPQ)EBC1365201(EXLCZ)99317000000006508220120625d2012 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrChoosing a new organization for management and disposition of commercial and defense high-level radioactive materials /Lynn E. Davis [and four others], with Paul Steinberg [and four others]Santa Monica, CA :RAND,2012.1 online resource (223 p.)Rand Corporation monograph series Choosing a new organization for management and disposition of commercial and defense high-level radioactive materialsDescription based upon print version of record.Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; Key Findings of the Blue Ribbon Commission; The Concept: A Federal Corporation for Waste Management; Study Objectives and Approach; CHAPTER TWO: Learning Lessons from the Past; Assessment of the Prior Organizational Design; Governance and Leadership; Funding and Budget Control; Siting Process; Federal Procurement and Personnel Policies; Public Trust; Conclusions; CHAPTER THREE: Exploring Potential Organizational Models; Comparison of Organizational ModelsFederal Government Corporation Federally Chartered Private Corporation; Independent Government Agency; Differences and Similarities of the Organizational Models; Conclusions; CHAPTER FOUR: Matching Organizational Models to Critical Organizational Attributes; Mission and Responsibilities; Core Responsibilities; Management and Support Responsibilities; Performance Goals; Critical Organizational Attributes; Structural and Procedural Features and Analysis of Organizational Models; Discriminating Among Organizational Models; CHAPTER FIVE: Designing a New Management Disposition OrganizationPolicymakers' Choices Step 1: The President's Role; Step 2: Congress's Role; Step 3: MDO Funding; Step 4: Other Organizational Features; Considerations Related to Choice of Organizational Form; Government Responsibility for Catastrophic Risk; Evolution of the MDO as Its Roles Change Over Time; Making the Choices; APPENDIXES; A. Comparison of the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Bonneville Power Administration; B. Summary of Organizational Characteristics of Canadian and Swedish MDOs; C. List of Mixed-Ownership Government Corporations and Wholly Owned Government Corporations; ReferencesFinding ways to safely store and ultimately dispose of nuclear waste remains a matter of considerable debate. This volume describes the steps needed to design a new, single-purpose organization to manage and dispose of commercial and defense high-level radioactive materials and examines three models for such an organization--federal government corporation, federally chartered private corporation, and independent government agency.Radioactive waste disposalGovernment policyUnited StatesRadioactive wastesStorageGovernment policyUnited StatesRadioactive waste disposalGovernment policyRadioactive wastesStorageGovernment policy363.72/895610973Davis Lynn E(Lynn Etheridge),1943-247573Steinberg Paul899256United States.Department of Energy.Rand Environment, Energy, and Economic Development (Program)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910219977103321Choosing a new organization for management and disposition of commercial and defense high-level radioactive materials2256756UNINA