Siting Energy Facilities

Chapter TitlesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1 The siting problem 1.1 Bounding the Siting Problem 1.2 The Decision Maker for Siting Problems 1.3 General Concerns in Siting 1.4 Features Complicating the Siting Problem 1.5 The Argument for Formal Analyses of Siting Problems 1.6 Outline of the BookChapter 2 Methodologies for Siting Energy Facilities 2.1 Requirements of a Siting Methodology 2.2 Currently Used Siting Procedures 2.3 Overview of the Decision Analysis Siting Procedure 2.4 A Perspective on Objective, Value-Free AnalysisChapter 3 The Washington Public Power Supply System Nuclear Siting Study Background for the Problem 3.1 The Screening Process: Identifying Candidate Sites 3.2 Specifying Objectives and Attributes 3.3 Describing Possible Site Impacts 3.4 Evaluating Site Impacts 3.5 Analyzing and Comparing the Candidate Sites 3.6 Appraisal of the AnalysisChapter 4 Identifying Candidate Sites 4.1 The Use of Screening 4.2 Weaknesses of Standard Screening Techniques 4.3 Decision Analysis Screening Models 4.4 Implementation of Decision Analysis Screening ModelsChapter 5 Specifying Objectives and Attributes of Siting Studies 5.1 The Objectives Hierarchy for Evaluating Sites 5.2 Selecting Objectives to Include in the Analysis 5.3 Selecting Attributes for Measuring Objectives 5.4 Natural and Constructed Scales for Attributes 5.5 Desirable Properties of the Final Set of AttributesChapter 6 Describing Possible Site Impacts Outline of the Chapter 6.1 Methods for Quantifying Impacts 6.2 Quantifying Environmental Impacts 6.3 Quantifying Economic Impacts 6.4 Quantifying Socioeconomic Impacts 6.5 Quantifying Health and Safety 6.6 Quantifying Public Attitudes 6.7 Constructing a Model of a Potential Accident: a Landslide Case 6.8 Constructing a Model of Public Risks: an LNG CaseChapter 7 Evaluating Site Impacts 7.1 Advantages of Formalizing the Value Structure 7.2 Evaluation of Multiple Objective Impacts 7.3 Evaluation of Impacts over Time 7.4 Evaluation of Impacts over Multiple Groups 7.5 Quantifying Attitudes toward Risks 7.6 The Art of Assessing Preferences 7.7 Evaluation of Impacts with Multiple ClientsChapter 8 Analyzing and Comparing Candidate Sites 8.1 The Procedure for Analysis 8.2 Sensitivity Analysis of the Impact Data 8.3 Sensitivity Analysis of Values 8.4 Sensitivity Analysis of the Problem Structure 8.5 Reporting and Interpreting the ResultsChapter 9 Evaluation of Proposed Pumped Storage Sites Background for the Problem 9.1 Identifying Candidate Sites: the Screening Process 9.2 Specifying Objectives and Attributes 9.3 Describing Possible Site Impacts 9.4 Evaluating Site Impacts 9.5 Analyzing and Comparing the Candidate Sites 9.6 Appraisal of the AnalysisChapter 10 Siting and Related Problems 10.1 Licensability of Energy Facilities 10.2 Design of an Energy Facility 10.3 Selection of an Energy Source 10.4 Capacity of an Energy Facility 10.5 Timing the Introduction of a New Energy Facility 10.6 Sequencing of Energy Facilities 10.7 Setting Standards for Energy Facilities 10.8 Concluding RemarksAppendix The Complete Set of Assumptions for the Decision Analysis Approach to the Siting of Energy Facilities A.1 Basic Tenets of Decision Analysis A.2 Fundamental Assumptions and Operational Assumptions of Siting Decision Analysis A.3 Fundamental Implication of the Assumptions A.4 Misconceptions about the Decision Analysis Siting MethodologyReferencesIndex