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Choosing 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]
| Choosing 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] |
| Autore | Davis Lynn E (Lynn Etheridge), <1943-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA : , : RAND, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (223 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.72/895610973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SteinbergPaul |
| Collana | Rand Corporation monograph series Choosing a new organization for management and disposition of commercial and defense high-level radioactive materials |
| Soggetto topico |
Radioactive waste disposal - Government policy - United States
Radioactive wastes - Storage - Government policy - United States |
| ISBN |
0-8330-7896-8
0-8330-7895-X 0-8330-7640-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 Models
Federal 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 Organization Policymakers' 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; References |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910219977103321 |
Davis Lynn E (Lynn Etheridge), <1943->
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| Santa Monica, CA : , : RAND, , 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Iran's nuclear future : critical U.S. policy choices / / Lynn E. Davis [et al.]
| Iran's nuclear future : critical U.S. policy choices / / Lynn E. Davis [et al.] |
| Autore | Davis Lynn E (Lynn Etheridge), <1943-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxv, 125 pages) : illustrations, color maps (digital, PDF file) |
| Disciplina | 355.02/170955 |
| Collana | Rand Corporation monograph series |
| Soggetto topico |
Nuclear arms control - Iran
Nuclear weapons - Iran |
| ISBN |
1-283-13586-8
9786613135865 0-8330-5308-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One Introduction; Study Objectives and Scope; Analysis Framework for the New Strategic Environment; Step 1: Conduct Regional Analyses; Step 2: Define Ways to Achieve U.S. Goals for Nuclear Dissuasion,Deterrence, and Reassurance; Step 3: Define and Assess Critical U.S. Policy Choices; Step 4: Describe U.S. Air Force Contributions; How Our Analytical Approach Differs from Others; Organization of This Monograph; Chapter Two Influencing Iran; Iran's National Security Interests
Ensuring Regime Survival Protecting the Homeland Against All External Threats; Expanding Regional Influence; Can Iran Be Expected to Act Rationally?; Iran's Nuclear Program: Prospects and Uncertainties; Internal Debate on the Future of Iran's Nuclear Program; Chapter Three Dissuading Iran from Nuclear Weaponization; Iranian Actions That the United States Wishes to Dissuade; Current U.S. Policies Toward Iran's Nuclear Program; Critical U.S. Policy Choices; Raise Costs; Provide Incentives; Conclusion; Chapter Four Deterring a Nuclear-Armed Iran; Iran's Military Behavior and Planning Historical Military Behavior Military Doctrine; Conventional Capabilities; Military Exercises; Paths to Conflict; Conflict in Response to International Pressures and Actions Perceived as Acts of War; Conflict in Response to a U.S. or Israeli Attack Against Iran's Nuclear Facilities; Conflict to Expand Regional Influence or Consolidate Domestic Power; Iran's Potential Use of Nuclear Weapons; Current U.S. Policies and Capabilities; Policy Choices for Deterring Iran's Use of Nuclear Weapons Against U.S. Military Forces; Deter by Managing Conflict Escalation Deter by Raising the Costs of Using Nuclear Weapons by Threat of Retaliation Deter by Denying Iran the Benefits of Using Nuclear Weapons; Policy Choices for Deterring Iran's Use of Nuclear Weapons Against U.S. Regional Partners; Conclusion; Chapter Five Reassuring U.S. Regional Partners; The Setting; Views of the GCC States; Views of Israel; Current U.S. Policies for Reassurance; U.S. Reassurance Goal: Ensure Confidence in Credibility of a U.S. Nuclear Deterrent; Explicit and Public Security Guarantees; U.S. Conventional Forces; U.S. Nuclear-Related Military Activities; U.S. Nuclear Guarantee Conclusion Chapter Four Approaches to Influencing Iran; Approaches to Influencing Iran; Chapter : 7; Air Force Contributions and Preparing for the Future; The Way Ahead; Appendixes; A. Context for U.S. Reassurance Strategies: GCC; B. Context for U.S. Reassurance Strategies: Israel; Bibliography |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996320213003316 |
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Davis Lynn E (Lynn Etheridge), <1943->
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| Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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