1980 Societal Assessment of SPS

Cover	1
Title Page	3
Foreword	4
Acknowledgements	5
Abstract	7
Table of Contents	8
List of Figures	9
Exhibit 1: Categories of Mapped Variables	16
Exhibit 2. Summary Map of Absolute Exclusion Variables	17
Exhibit 3. Site of Prototype Environment Assessment	20
Exhibit 4. Density of 2.45 GHZ Microwave Beam at Rectenna Location	26
Exhibit 5. SPS Utility Integration	30
Exhibit 6. SPS Participatory Technology Process	40
Exhibit 7. Public Outreach Experiment	44
List of Abbreviations	10
I. Introduction	11
II. Assessment Results	14
A. RESOURCE AVAILABILITY	14
1. Land Use-Rectenna Siting	14
2. Prototype Environmental Assessment1	18
3. Energy Requirements	21
4. Materials Requirements	22
B. INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES	23
1.Financial and Management Scenarios16	23
2.Regulatory Issues	24
a. State and Local Regulation	24
b. Regulation of Microwave Radiation11	25
3.Utility Integration	27
4.Insurance	29
C. INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS	31
1.International Agreements	31
2. Organizational Considerations10	35
3. Military Implications and Vulnerability	36
a. Threats posed by the SPS	37
b. SPS Vulnerabilities	37
c. Safeguards Against Threats and Vulnerabilities	38
D.PUBLIC CONCERNS	38
1. Public Involvement	39
a. Review of Other Government Programs for Public Involvement	41
b. SPS Public Outreach Experiment	43
(1) Citizens Energy Project	45
(2) Forum for the Advancement of Students in Science and Technology	46
(3) The L-5 Society	47
2.Public Acceptance	48
III. Conclusions	51
IV. Recommendations	53
Bilbliography of Societal Assessment Reports	55

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