Guide to the Mountain West's Yucca Mountain Socioeconomic Project Records This finding aid was created by Joyce Moore on September 25, 2017. Persistent URL for this finding aid: http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f19w4c 2017 The Regents of the University of Nevada. All rights reserved. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. Box 457010 4505 S. Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-7010 special.collections@unlv.edu
Table of Contents Summary Information... 3 Historical Note... 3 Scope and Contents Note... 4 Arrangement... 4 Administrative Information... 4 Related Materials... 5 Names and Subjects... 5 Collection Inventory... 5 - Page 2 -
Summary Information Repository: Title: ID: University of Nevada, Las Vegas. University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. Mountain West's Yucca Mountain Socioeconomic Project Records MS-00756 Date [inclusive]: 1987-1994 Physical Description: Physical Description: Language of the Material: Abstract: Preferred Citation 2.57 Cubic Feet (2 boxes) 2.17 Linear Feet English The Mountain West's Yucca Mountain Socioeconomic Project Records (1987-1994) contain reports on the effects to indigenous peoples, flora and fauna, and transportation relating to the deposits of nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Mountain West studied were Nye, Lincoln, Esmeralda, and Clark counties. Also included are analysis and impact assessments, and an oral history of Ed Slavin, a Tonopah, Nevada resident. Mountain West's Yucca Mountain Socioeconomic Project Records, 1987-1994. MS-00756. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. Historical Note Mountain West conducted research relating to the socioeconomic impact of nuclear waste in Nevada. The company researched all towns, indigenous peoples, flora and fauna, and counties adjacent to the waste site. Mountain West prepared the research for the Nevada Nuclear Waste Project. - Page 3-
Scope and Contents Note The Mountain West's Yucca Mountain Socioeconomic Project Records (1987-1994) contain reports on the effects to indigenous peoples, flora and fauna, and transportation relating to the deposits of nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Mountain West studied were Nye, Lincoln, Esmeralda, and Clark counties. Also included are analysis and impact assessments, and an oral history of Ed Slavin, a Tonopah, Nevada resident. Arrangement Records remain in original order. Administrative Information Access Note Collection is open for research. Publication Rights Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish. Processing Note The material was processed in 2016 by Joyce Moore. - Page 4-
Related Materials Related Collections The following resources may provide additional information related to the materials in this collection: Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Office Records, MS-00091. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. Yucca Mountain Environmental Safety Records, MS-00786. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. Names and Subjects Radioactive waste disposal Radioactive waste repositories Radioactive waste repositories laws and legislation Yucca Mountain (Nev.) -- Environmental aspects. Indians of North America Collection Inventory Title/Description Containers Original inventory of reports (and authors) in these records, 1989 July box 02 Impact of the Proposed Nuclear Waste Repository on Residents of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, 1990 July Social Amplification of Risk: An Empirical Study, 1990 July What Comes to Mind when You Hear the Words "Nuclear Waste Repository?" A Study of 10,000 Images, 1990 July Accomplishments and Products of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Transportation Research Center (TRC) under contract with the Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects, 1989-1990 Nuclear Waste Management: A Comparative Analysis, Task 7.3, draft, 1990 March Nuclear Waste Transportation Research Center Administration Progress Report, 1989 January Design of Transportation Impact Study, Task 15.6, 1988 December - Page 5-
Coping with the Chernobyl Disaster: A comparison of two reindeer-herding areas, 1988 August Evaluations of Yucca Mountain, Task 12, 1990 July The Impact of Yucca Mountain on nearby Rural Communities, 1990 July Estimating the Economic Impact of a Repository from Scenario Based Surveys: Models of the Relation of Stated Information to Actual Behavior, 1990 February Western Shoshone Land Claims and the Western Shoshone National Council, 1989 June The Timbisha Indians of Death Valley, California and the Issue of Nuclear Waste, 1989 June Summary Report: Pahrump, Nevada, 1988 June Transportation of High Level Nuclear Waste: Potential Impacts on Native American populations in Southern Nevada, the Moapa Band of Paiute Indians, 1989 June Transportation Needs Assessment, Task 15.2, 1988 November Summary Report: Paranigat Valley, Nevada, 1988 May Transportation Impacts, Risk, and Values, 1988 June Transportation Needs Assessment, Task 15.5, Literature Review, 1988 December Risk Management and Organization Systems for High Level Radioactive Disposal: Issues and Priorities, draft, 1988 September Summary Ethnographic Reports on Beatty and Armagosa Valley, Nevada, 1988 October The Accident at Gorleban, draft, 1988 July Assessment of the Impact of a Nuclear Waste Repository at Yucca Mountain, 1989 January Distribution Equity Problems at the Proposed Yucca Mountain Repository, draft report, 1988 June Native American Plant Resources in the Yucca Mountain Study Areas, Nevada and Literature Review and Ethnohistory of Native American Occupancy and Use of Yucca Mountain Region, reports, 1988 July 21 Native Americans response to Risk Perception Questionniare, South Paiute Reservation, Phase IIIA, Task 6.0, 1988 Summary Ethnographic Report: Indian Springs, Nevada, 1998 November Response to Risk Perception Questions, West Shoshone Reservation, Phase IIIA, 1988 Native Americans and Nuclear Waste Storage: Potential impacts of Site Characterization Activities, 1987 March Ethnographic Sketches of the Las Vegas, Paranigat, Panaca, and Moapa Southern Paiute and the Central Nevada Western Shoshone, draft, Task 6, undated Native American Cultural Resource Studies, Tribal Council Review, Annual Report, draft, 1988 November - Page 6-
A Summary of Geocemistry Support Activities, 1989-1990 Socioeconomic Impact Assessment Report, outline, 1988 June box 02 Appendix, 1987 June box 02 Native American Studies, 1987 June box 02 Political Organizational Response, 1987 June box 02 Lincoln, Nye, and Esmeralda Counties, 1987 June box 02 First Year Progress Reports, Baseline Community Social Structure for Bounder City, Henderson, Indian Springs, Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, and Mesquite, 1987 June box 02 Summary Report, 1987 June box 02 An Interim Report on the State of Nevada Socioeconomic Studies, 1989 May box 02 Study Design Addendum, 1987 June box 02 Memorandum: Opening of the Las Vegas Mountain West office, 1988 November box 02 Evaluation of the United States Department of Energy Planned Transportation System, 1988 December The Effects of Human Reliability on Risk in the Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel, 1988 June box 02 box 02 Summary Ethnographic Report: Pahrump Valley, Nevada, 1988 October box 02 Preliminary Impact Assessment Report, 1989 January box 02 Presentation to the Technical Review Board, 1989 June box 02 Memorandum: Interim Reports, 1989 April box 02 Overview of Socioeconomic Studies, 1994 March 13 box 02 Slavin, Ed, oral history, Nye County Town History Project, undated box 02 - Page 7-