With the ending of the Cold War, the Department of Energy (DOE) is evaluating mission, future land use and stewardship of departmental facilities. This paper compares the environmental concerns and future use preferences of 351 people interviewed at Lewiston, Idaho, about the Hanford Site and Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL), two of DOE's largest sites. Although most subjects lived closer to Hanford than INEEL, most resided in the same state as INEEL. Therefore their economic interests might be more closely allied with INEEL, while their health concerns might be more related to Hanford. Few lived close enough to either site to be directly affected economically. We test the null hypotheses that there are no differences in environmental concerns and future land-use preferences as a function of DOE site, sex, age and education. When asked to list their major concerns about the sites, more people listed human health and safety, and environmental concerns about Hanford compared to INEEL. When asked to list their preferred future land uses, 49% of subjects did not have any for INEEL, whereas only 35% did not know for Hanford. The highest preferred land uses for both sites were as a National Environmental Research Park (NERP), and for camping, hunting, hiking, and fishing. Except for returning the land to the tribes and increased nuclear storage, subjects rated all future uses as more preferred at INEEL than Hanford. Taken together, these data suggest that the people interviewed know more about Hanford, are more concerned about Hanford, rate recreational uses and NERP as their highest preferred land use, and feel that INEEL is more suited for most land uses than Handford. Overall rankings for future land uses were remarkably similar between the sites, indicating that for these stakeholders, DOE lands should be preserved for research and recreation. These preferences should be taken into account when planning for long-term stewardship at these two DOE sites.

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随着冷战的结束,能源部 (DOE) 正在评估任务,未来土地使用和部门设施的管理。本文比较了在爱达荷州刘易斯顿接受采访的351人对汉福德遗址和爱达荷州国家工程与环境实验室 (INEEL) 的环境问题和未来使用偏好,这是能源部最大的两个遗址。尽管大多数受试者比INEEL居住在汉福德附近,但大多数人与INEEL居住在同一州。因此,他们的经济利益可能与INEEL紧密相关,而他们的健康问题可能与Hanford更相关。很少有人住在离这两个地点足够近的地方,直接受到经济影响。我们检验了零假设,即环境问题和未来土地使用偏好与DOE地点,性别,年龄和教育程度无关。当被要求列出他们对这些地点的主要担忧时,与INEEL相比,更多的人列出了人类健康和安全以及对汉福德的环境担忧。当被要求列出他们未来的首选土地用途时,49% 的受试者没有INEEL,而只有35% 不知道Hanford。这两个地点的最高首选土地用途是作为国家环境研究公园 (NERP),以及露营,狩猎,远足和钓鱼。除了将土地归还给部落和增加核储存外,受试者认为INEEL的所有未来用途都比Hanford更受欢迎。综上所述,这些数据表明,接受采访的人更了解汉福德,更关心汉福德,将娱乐用途和NERP视为他们最喜欢的土地用途,并且认为INEEL比Handford更适合大多数土地用途。这些地点之间未来土地用途的总体排名非常相似,这表明对于这些利益相关者,应保留能源部土地以进行研究和娱乐。在这两个DOE站点进行长期管理时,应考虑这些偏好。

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