The development and operation
of interim storage and permanent disposal and related transportation
systems for nuclear waste in Nevada may impact upon local economic and
demographic conditions within Lincoln County and the City of Caliente.
Consequences of DOE waste management activities may be both positive
(or desirable) and negative (undesirable) in nature. Economic
impacts include for example changes in employment, income and local
industrial activity. Demographic changes might include
local population growth or decline, alterations in the distribution of
residents among County communities, and variances in the numbers of
residents among various age, sex, and racial groupings.
Economic/demographic research sponsored by the County and City has
been conducted to enable better understandings of past, present, and
potential characteristics of these parameters. In
addition, these studies have assisted the County and City in designing
and implementing strategies for alleviating potential repository
system impacts.
