Replication Data for: Power to the People or Regulatory Ratcheting? Explaining the Success (or Failure) of Attempts to Site Commercial U.S. Nuclear Power Plants: 1954-1996 (doi:10.7910/DVN/RI8VMG)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: Power to the People or Regulatory Ratcheting? Explaining the Success (or Failure) of Attempts to Site Commercial U.S. Nuclear Power Plants: 1954-1996

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/RI8VMG

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2016-01-18

Version:

1

Bibliographic Citation:

Aldrich, Daniel; Berndt, Eric, 2016, "Replication Data for: Power to the People or Regulatory Ratcheting? Explaining the Success (or Failure) of Attempts to Site Commercial U.S. Nuclear Power Plants: 1954-1996", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/RI8VMG, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:dTeDBFNNe8yS/pG7TIxaCA== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: Power to the People or Regulatory Ratcheting? Explaining the Success (or Failure) of Attempts to Site Commercial U.S. Nuclear Power Plants: 1954-1996

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/RI8VMG

Authoring Entity:

Aldrich, Daniel (Northeastern University)

Berndt, Eric (Purdue University)

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Access Authority:

Aldrich, Daniel

Depositor:

Aldrich, Daniel

Date of Deposit:

2016-01-18

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/RI8VMG

Study Scope

Keywords:

Social Sciences, nuclear power, county level, siting attempt, contentious politics, regulatory ratcheting

Abstract:

Between 1954 and 1996, more than 200 nuclear power projects were publicly announced in the USA. Barely half of these projects were completed and generated power commercially. Existing research has highlighted a number of potential explanations for the varying siting outcomes of these projects, including contentious political protest, socioeconomic, and political conditions within potential host communities, regulatory changes (‘ratcheting’), and cost overruns. However, questions remain about which of these factors, if any, had an impact on these outcomes. We created a new data set of 228 host communities where siting was attempted to illuminate the factors that led projects towards either completion or cancellation. We include county-level regulatory, reactor-specific, demographic, and political factors which may correlate with the outcomes of attempts to site nuclear reactors over this time period. Draft of forthcoming peer reviewed article in International Journal of Energy Research can be found at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2423935. We include the Stata dataset, the codebook, and the .do file used to create the statistical analysis for the paper.

Methodology and Processing

Sources Statement

Data Access

Notes:

<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</a>

Other Study Description Materials

File Description--f2775961

File: Aldrich and Berndt Dataset 2016.tab

  • Number of cases: 186

  • No. of variables per record: 20

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

UNF:6:dTeDBFNNe8yS/pG7TIxaCA==

This is the dataset on 180+ North American counties where nuclear power plant siting was attempted.

Variable Description

List of Variables:
  • NPPname - Nuclear Power Project Name
  • CountyName - Name of Host Community (County, State Postal Abbreviation)
  • CompletedUnits - Units Completed on Same Site before year of Siting Outcome
  • UnitsCase - Number of Nuclear Reactors in Case (used as frequency weight)
  • ProposedYr - Year Nuclear Power Project Proposed (Publicly Announced)
  • CompCancYr - Year of Siting Outcome (Completion or Cancellation)
  • FarmAreaProp - County Land Area in Farms (proportion of all land)
  • GuideRevisions - Number of Revisions to Regulatory Guides over Project Duration
  • SenContSite - Control of State Senate prior to Siting Outcome (1 = Democrat; 0 = Republican)
  • HousContSite - Control of State House prior to Siting Outcome (1 = Democrat; 0 = Republican)
  • GovPartySite - Governor's Party prior to Siting Outcome (1 = Democrat; 0 = Republican)
  • ElecDemandGrowth - (Five-Year) Demand Growth Rate for Electricity
  • CoalTotalCost - Total Cost (Nominal cents per kWh generated) in year prior to the Siting Outcome
  • VoterTurnout - Voter Turnout (Voting Age Population; %)
  • Outcome - Siting Outcome (1 = Success)
  • log_PopTOT1k - (log) County Population (1000s)
  • log_PerCapIncome - (log) County Per Capita Income
  • log_HSPct - (log) County Population with only High School Degree (%)
  • MWe_100 - Nuclear Unit(s) Power Output (MWe / 100)
  • StandardizedDemVote - (Standardized) Proportion of County-Level Vote for Democratic Candidate

Variables

Nuclear Power Project Name

f2775961 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:K8QOZ+hgMc+SM0TNaGAiAQ==

Name of Host Community (County, State Postal Abbreviation)

f2775961 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:9KB5rN2O01puEpJcQeNBzA==

Units Completed on Same Site before year of Siting Outcome

f2775961 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 186.0; Min. 0.0; Max. 2.0; StDev 0.4212117695871153; Mean 0.20967741935483866;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:ioGOoEoyKKGN57n1IOIQiQ==

Number of Nuclear Reactors in Case (used as frequency weight)

f2775961 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 4.0; StDev 0.4793922336541144; Valid 186.0; Min. 1.0; Mean 1.2258064516129032

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:64khtSYrR3/spRXBkXfV7A==

Year Nuclear Power Project Proposed (Publicly Announced)

f2775961 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1955.0; Mean 1969.8387096774193; Valid 186.0; Max. 1978.0; StDev 3.701833943099584

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:IaGFQBbux9QhYyPf88WG7Q==

Year of Siting Outcome (Completion or Cancellation)

f2775961 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1996.0; Valid 186.0; Mean 1979.3172043010752; StDev 6.0646449713322665; Min. 1959.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:hMq10G/Ft8/KhNAR51UpKQ==

County Land Area in Farms (proportion of all land)

f2775961 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.42751884265081647; Max. 0.98; StDev 0.26931873450533617; Min. 0.027999999999999997; Valid 186.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:YGKoeYBueGhIC+9cuU6tXA==

Number of Revisions to Regulatory Guides over Project Duration

f2775961 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 85.27905626114551; Valid 186.0; Max. 258.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 117.56451612903231

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:oiHe9+6Vi0fvajf/D6SHZg==

Control of State Senate prior to Siting Outcome (1 = Democrat; 0 = Republican)

f2775961 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

1.

Democratic Control

0.

Republican Control

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.4522474021201596; Max. 1.0; Valid 183.0; Mean 0.7158469945355191; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:pneESv8AyVH9MaxHyX9oBA==

Control of State House prior to Siting Outcome (1 = Democrat; 0 = Republican)

f2775961 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

1.

Democratic Control

0.

Republican Control

Summary Statistics: Valid 181.0; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.7790055248618786; StDev 0.4160677094634899

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:h40IkjU1T8VTQsGXlAfFrQ==

Governor's Party prior to Siting Outcome (1 = Democrat; 0 = Republican)

f2775961 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

1.

Democrat

0.

Republican

Summary Statistics: Valid 185.0; Mean 0.5459459459459458; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.49923560841996595; Max. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:6HGfaHHt+dGq1LwzedqNxA==

(Five-Year) Demand Growth Rate for Electricity

f2775961 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. -0.028554934370442393; Valid 181.0; StDev 0.022102532041520996; Max. 0.08618529186805318; Mean 0.03619106906244036;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:bNrkWAQR0bgMVMa/31Iatw==

Total Cost (Nominal cents per kWh generated) in year prior to the Siting Outcome

f2775961 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 2.2874755681229724; StDev 1.0313449512002817; Min. 0.535259772594118; Valid 175.0; Max. 3.985377331486045

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:eXEvsiAOz6Do9YeDnwKI7g==

Voter Turnout (Voting Age Population; %)

f2775961 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 57.22195107526882; Valid 186.0; Min. 32.19833; StDev 9.794708387690848; Max. 80.28169;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:RujxPorcu2bXsH03rQt0JQ==

Siting Outcome (1 = Success)

f2775961 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Valid 186.0; Mean 0.5537634408602149; StDev 0.4984427945240659; Max. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:/CgHo58IIAkHnHFPXvUYJw==

(log) County Population (1000s)

f2775961 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.7212485671043396; Max. 8.851792335510254; Valid 186.0; Mean 4.431426466793143; StDev 1.5130439555145512

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:6/sz2RERE2GSGlvJOQSK+Q==

(log) County Per Capita Income

f2775961 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 9.19137338174356; Max. 9.780981063842773; Min. 8.467792510986328; StDev 0.26436703755742424; Valid 185.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:4zEm3tPXFGEQ0CmIRLT7hQ==

(log) County Population with only High School Degree (%)

f2775961 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 3.86283278465271; Min. 2.3418056964874268; Valid 180.0; StDev 0.2659693238711291; Mean 3.4552177084816824

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:QcNwrBrtTFnP0bEUyetTdQ==

Nuclear Unit(s) Power Output (MWe / 100)

f2775961 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.6499999761581421; Mean 10.046075262690106; Max. 13.039999961853027; Valid 186.0; StDev 2.3534940515258898

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:lWUaQsPX0uObQA0QC65/xQ==

(Standardized) Proportion of County-Level Vote for Democratic Candidate

f2775961 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.12358581495942435; Min. -0.3322269022464752; Max. 0.5513282418251038; Mean -0.02531377216693384; Valid 173.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:UnjA82jWs37tGXULUpKhOg==

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

Aldrich and Berndt Codebook 2016.pdf

Text:

This is the codebook containing full information on all of the variables used in the analysis.

Notes:

application/pdf

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

Aldrich and Berndt do file.do.do

Text:

This is the Stata .do file containing the commands used to create the analysis for the article.

Notes:

application/softgrid-do